By: Millard Abbott and Jonathon OdemDate: 11/25/13

The Ins and Outs of Apple, Inc.

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 Wozniak’s 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 Wozniak’s 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 boardsApple I mother board

(apple-history)

In The Hole

• 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

The Byte Shop

(Happy 2013)

Apple I - 1976

• 1 MHz CPU speed• Maximum RAM of 65 kB

Apple I

(El Manual De Computación)

Apple II - 1977

• Added Plastic Casing• Displayed Color Graphics• Larger ROM and expandable

RAM

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Apple II

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

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Macintosh 128K and 512K desktop setup

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 Microsoft’s favor for all but 10 charges.

Macintosh Portable - 1989

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

• The Macintosh Portable had an optional hard drive of 40 MB

Macintosh Portable Computer

(Mac Portable)

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

Macintosh LC (low-cost color)(apple-history) (apple-history)

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Books - 1991

• The PowerBook was Apple’s recovery over the embarrassment of the Mac Portable

• 3 Models• 100• 140• 170

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Apple’s first Powerbook

The Return and Takeover

• In 1996, Apple Inc. acquires NeXT and Steven Jobs returns to Apple

• Apple wanted NeXTstep’s 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

Mac OS 9

• The last of the oldest Mac operating systems• Featured:

• Keychain• Automatic Updating• Internet File Sharing

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Portable iMac called the iBook

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 – 2012• 500/750 GB Hard Drive• 8 GB RAM• 4 Cores• CPU Speed: 2.3/2.6 GHz

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

GHz

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2006 Macbook Pro 2012 Macbook Pro

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

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1998 iMac 2013 iMac

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Web. 29 Oct 2013.

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Nov. 2013.

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Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

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2013.

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