Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
In 1976 Woz and Jobs start Apple. It wasn't a thrilling name, but it was functional, and it reminded Jobs of the time he spent on an apple farm in Oregon. On April 1st, they signed papers for equal ownership. To raise capital, Woz sold his HP 65 electronic calculator for $520 and Jobs sold his red-and-white VW bus for $1500—only half of which was ever paid, because the engine blew out soon after the sale. Their first order was for 50 Apple I computers, and Jobs made the sale barefoot. He confused the order and delivered circuitboards instead of finished machines with cases, and so had to take partial payment. By the end of the year, they shipped 150 computers.
It would also have a fanless power supply, something that needed to be designed from scratch using a switching model instead of a linear source.
Mike Markkula is their first investor. Seeing their work, he thinks he can put Apple on the Fortune 500 in 5 years (and he eventually does).
Mike Markkula is their first investor. Seeing their work, he thinks he can put Apple on the Fortune 500 in 5 years (and he eventually does).
1977:
Apple Computer becomes a corporation when Mike Markkula and Jobs and Woz sign papers at Mike's house, on January 3rd.
Mike Scott becomes Apple's president, and offends Jobs in two ways: First he awards Woz the position of being Employee #1 because his design was instrumental in the company's founding. Jobs would later insert himself as Employee #0. Later, he informs Jobs his body odor is stinking up the office.
Jobs begins leaving his mark on Apple's design by hiring Intel's ad agency, Regis McKenna, to redesign the logo to the rainbow-filled Apple, which would be easily recognizable when small, although expensive to reproduce with its many colors. The bite out of its side was a play on the word "byte" and kept it from being confused with a tomato.
The Apple II premieres at the West Coast Computer Faire on April 17th as the world's sleekest personal computer, in its plastic case. Woz developed the machine with only 62 chips and Jobs insisted they be neatly placed on the board. It has expansion slots but no visible screws (all were on the bottom).
Randy Wigginton, one of Apple's first programmers, said that during the development of the Apple II, Woz and Jobs' BFF friendship began to dissolve.
Jobs' girlfriend, Chris-Ann Brennan, becomes pregnant, and Steve denies being the father. She refuses to get an abortion and it ends their relationship.
Apple Computer becomes a corporation when Mike Markkula and Jobs and Woz sign papers at Mike's house, on January 3rd.
Mike Scott becomes Apple's president, and offends Jobs in two ways: First he awards Woz the position of being Employee #1 because his design was instrumental in the company's founding. Jobs would later insert himself as Employee #0. Later, he informs Jobs his body odor is stinking up the office.
Jobs begins leaving his mark on Apple's design by hiring Intel's ad agency, Regis McKenna, to redesign the logo to the rainbow-filled Apple, which would be easily recognizable when small, although expensive to reproduce with its many colors. The bite out of its side was a play on the word "byte" and kept it from being confused with a tomato.
The Apple II premieres at the West Coast Computer Faire on April 17th as the world's sleekest personal computer, in its plastic case. Woz developed the machine with only 62 chips and Jobs insisted they be neatly placed on the board. It has expansion slots but no visible screws (all were on the bottom).
Randy Wigginton, one of Apple's first programmers, said that during the development of the Apple II, Woz and Jobs' BFF friendship began to dissolve.
Jobs' girlfriend, Chris-Ann Brennan, becomes pregnant, and Steve denies being the father. She refuses to get an abortion and it ends their relationship.