The Ins and Outs of Apple, Inc.

By: Millard Abbott and Jonathon Odem

Date: 11/25/13

The Beginning
Founded by two men, Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs Both men lived in Silicon Valley in California
The Silicon Valley

(Silicon Valley)

Stephen Wozniaks Education

Wozniak always had a passion for technology Pursued an education in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley There he wrote the first copy of the BASIC programming
Middle Aged Wozniak

(Steve Wozniaks Profile)

Steve Jobs Education

Attended Reed College Dropped out after one semester Pursued a career after an internship with Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Steve Jobs in 1977

(Ashton Kutcher photographed)

Acquaintances
They met in high school in a technology class Discovered mutual interests through projects Breakout for Atari Sparked an idea between the two

Small Budget
Both men sold their prized possessions Made a total of $1,350 to begin the production of Apple I boards
Apple I mother board

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In The Hole
The Byte Shop

Wozniak and Jobs purchased the parts from a local store called The Byte Shop They ordered the first batch of parts on credit 50 computers

(Happy 2013)

Apple I - 1976
Apple I

1 MHz CPU speed Maximum RAM of 65 kB

(El Manual De Computacin)

Apple II - 1977
Apple II

Added Plastic Casing Displayed Color Graphics Larger ROM and expandable RAM

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Going Public - 1980

Apple makes their first debut on the stock market at a valuation of $1.8 billion. 40 employees Apple III was produced but failed due to reliability

Macintosh 128k and 512K - 1984

The Macintosh 128k and 512K came out in 1984 The 128k came with an Onboard RAM of 128k and a maximum RAM 128K The 512K came with an Onboard RAM of 512K and a maximum RAM 512K
Macintosh 128K and 512K desktop setup

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No More Jobs 1985

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple after losing a boardroom struggle Jobs moves on to start his own company called NeXT
NeXT Inc.

(Steve Jobs: Brilliant Failures)

Apple vs. Microsoft: 1988-89

Apple takes Microsoft to court for infringes of software that Jobs had produced. The judge cuts the case in Microsofts favor for all but 10 charges.

Macintosh Portable - 1989

Macintosh Portable Computer

CPU Speed 16MHz ROM 256 kB Onboard RAM 1 MB Maximum RAM 8 MB

(Mac Portable)

The Macintosh Portable had an optional hard drive of 40 MB

Low Cost - 1990

Criticized for being over price Apple releases the trio
Mac Classic $999 Mac LC $2,400 Mac IIsi $3,800

Sales went up so high that investors in stock were scared

Macintosh Classic

Macintosh IIsi

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Macintosh LC (low-cost color)

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Books - 1991
Apples first Powerbook

The PowerBook was Apples recovery over the embarrassment of the Mac Portable 3 Models 100 140 170

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The Return and Takeover

In 1996, Apple Inc. acquires NeXT and Steven Jobs returns to Apple Apple wanted NeXTsteps basis for their new operating system Gil Amelio caused a second multi-million dollar loss Jobs took over the position of interim CEO Later took the position of CEO

iMac
1998 $1299 Fastest Mac model ever
4 GB Hard Drive 256 MB RAM
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1998 Apple iMac

AirPort on iBook - 1999

Portable iMac AirPort card kicked off the Wi-Fi
Portable iMac called the iBook

Mac OS 9
The last of the oldest Mac operating systems Featured: Keychain Automatic Updating Internet File Sharing
(apple-history)

Operating Systems
Mac OS X
10.1 Puma 2001 10.2 Jaguar 2002 10.3 Panther 2003 10.4 Tiger 2004 10.5 Leopard 2007 10.6 Snow Leopard 2008 10.7 Lion 2011 10.8 Mountain Lion 2012 10.9 Mavericks 2013

iTunes 2003
iPod was released for $399 in 2001
5 GB Hard Drive

Produced a new world for music and computers 200,000 Tracks

MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro 2006 80/100 GB Hard Drive 2 GB RAM 2 Cores CPU Speed: 1.83/2.0/2.16 GHz
2006 Macbook Pro

MacBook Pro 2012 500/750 GB Hard Drive 8 GB RAM 4 Cores CPU Speed: 2.3/2.6 GHz
2012 Macbook Pro

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iMac
iMac 1998 4 GB Hard Drive CPU Speed 233 MHz Maximum RAM 256 MB iMac 2013 1 TB Hard Drive CPU Speed 3.5 GHz Maximum RAM 8 GB

1998 iMac

2013 iMac

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Works Cited
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Works Cited Cont.

"Mac Portable Running OS X - FairerPlatform." FairerPlatform. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. Moisescot, Romain. "Happy 2013! a.k.a the End of 2012 Steve Jobs News Roundup." allaboutSteveJobs.com. N.p., 15 Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. Nerdster, Professor. "Steve Jobs: Brilliant Failures Help You Grow [48]." Professor Nerdster. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. Sanford, Glen. "Recent Changes." Apple-history.com / Specs for Every Apple Computer, Established 1996. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. "Silicon Valley." Silicon Valley. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. "Steve Jobs Fast Facts." CNN. Cable News Network, 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. "Steve Wozniak's Profile." Steve Wozniak's Profile. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.