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The start
1975 Steve Wozniak was working for Hewlett Packard (calculator manufacturers) by day and was a computer hobbyist by night. He realized that the prices of some computer parts had gotten so low he could buy them himself. Decided to work with fellow hobbyist Steve Jobs to build their own computer On 4/1/1976 released the Apple I (for $666) and started Apple Computers. Had 8 KB of RAM.
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Apple I did not have a case the user was required to build a box for its components. (picture from Smithsonian) Apr 1,1976
As we progress thru..
Windows XP requires min 64 MB mem REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem Photoshop requires min 512 MB mem Vista requires min 512 MB mem
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Apple II
In 1977, Apple II was released for $1298 Had color graphics a first for a personal computer Originally used an audio cassette drive for storage but later it was replaced by a floppy disk drive Had 64 KB of memory Supported the BASIC program
Apple III
Released May 1980 Had 128K of RAM Designed for businesses expensive!! > $4300!!! Had lots of problems didnt do well.. Released in 1983 Became the first personal computer sold to the public with a GUI. Aimed at large businesses Commercial failure due to high price tag (almost $10,000) and limited software it could run
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Apple Lisa
The Lisa
LaserWriter first reasonably priced laser printer PageMaker early desktop publishing package (These capitalized on its advanced graphics capabilities)
Historical note: When the Mac was released, the company bought all 39 pages of advertisement space in the Nov/Dec version of Newsweek magazine!
Sustained growth of Apple during these early years was partly due to the education sector -
Many schools introduced the concept of programming by using the LOGO programming language on the Apple II
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Storage --Floppy
Floppy
RAM 8 KB 64 KB
128 KB
1 MB
(1000 KB)
128 KB
Recall: Win XP requires min 64 MB mem REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem
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Macintosh Plus
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Macintosh Portable
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PowerBook 100
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In 1987 2001
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1997 Steve Jobs announced that Apple would join Microsoft to release new versions of Microsoft Office for the Mac 1997 Apple introduced the Apple Store
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1998 Introduced a new all-in-one computer the iMac 2001 Mac OS X was released (a huge operating system overhaul like Windows XP compared to Windows 95 and Windows 98) 2001 first Apple retail store available 2001 iPod introduced 2003 iTunes Store introduced 2007 iPhone introduced
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Released in 1998 All in one computer Designed with the internet in mind $1299 2 USB ports 4 GB hard drive 256 MB RAM
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Released in 2005 First real foray into the low-end consumer market, Apple's first monitor-less consumer Mac in more than six years. just two inches tall and 6.5 inches wide and deep. The basic idea of the mini was: let current PC owners spend $500 to replace their PC, while continuing to use their existing monitor and USB peripherals.
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Released in 2007 RAM: 4 GB 320 GB hard drive Includes a new thin aluminum keyboard $1799
Here in H209: 2006 version (all white) student machines 2007 version teacher machine
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Mac Portable
(laptop)
$6500 40MB hd 8 MB
Evolution of OSs
Mac System 1,2,3,4 (1984-1987) Distinguishable from other OSs from that era in that they used entirely graphical user interfaces Could only run one application at a time Mac System 5, 6, 7 (1987 mid 1990s)
Mac OS 8 (8.0 8.6) (1997) better file management Mac OS 9 (9.0 9.2.2) (1999) improved support for wireless Mac OS X (1999 today) UNIX based OS
10.0 Cheetah (01) 10.3 Panther (04) 10.6 Snow Leopard (09)
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