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History of Apple Inc
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Best Known ProductsHardware line:
- Macintosh line of personal computers- iPod portable media players- iPhone
- iPadSoftware products:
- Mac OS X operating system- iTunes media browser- iLife iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto- Final Cut Studio video editing- iWork- iCloud
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The start
- 1975 Steve Wozniak was working for HewlettPackard (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 tobuild their own computer
- On 4/1/1976 released the Apple I (for $666) andstarted Apple Computers. Had 8 KB of RAM.
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4Apple I did not have a case the user was required to build a box forits components. (picture from Smithsonian) Apr 1,1976
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Quick Math Deviation
- 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes
- 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes
- 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes
- 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 wasreleased for $1298
- Had color graphics a
first for a personalcomputer
- Originally used an audiocassette drive forstorage but later it wasreplaced by a floppydisk drive
- Had 64 KB of memory
- Supported the BASIC
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Other early endeavors
- Apple III- Released May 1980- Had 128K of RAM- Designed for businesses expensive- Had lots of problemsdidnt do well
- Apple Lisa- Released in 1983
- Became the first personal computer sold to the public witha 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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The Lisa
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The intro of the Macintosh
- Apple introduced the Macintosh in1984- Sales not initially as strong as desired
- Changed with the intro of- LaserWriter first reasonably priced
laser printer
- PageMaker early desktop publishingpackage
(These capitalized on its advanced graphicscapabilities)
- 128 KB memory
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Historical note: When the Mac was released, the company bought all 39 pages of
advertisement space in the Nov/Dec version of Newsweek magazine!
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Early endeavors (cont)
- Sustained growth of Apple during theseearly 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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Early Years -- Computer Comparison
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Product Storage RAM Year
Apple I --- 8 KB 1976
Apple II Floppy 64 KB 1977
Apple III Floppy 128 KB 1980
Apple Lisa Floppy 1 MB(1000 KB)
1983
Macintosh Floppy 128 KB 1984
Recall: Win XP requires min 64 MB mem
REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem
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Early endeavors (cont)
- Macintosh Plus
- Released in 1986
- 4 MB of memory
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Macintosh Portable
-Apples first attempt at aportable computer
- Released in 1989- 8 MB RAM
- 40 MB Hard drive *
- Clunky, slow- Weight: 15.8 lbs
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More portable efforts..
- PowerBook 100
- Released in 1991
- 40 MB hard drive- 8 MB RAM
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Other Major Apple Milestones
- 1997 Steve Jobs announced thatApple would join Microsoft to release
new versions of Microsoft Office for theMac
- 1997 Apple introduced the Apple Store
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Other Major Apple Milestones
- 1998 Introduced a new all-in-one computerthe iMac
- 2001 Mac OS X was released
(a huge operating system overhaul likeWindows XP compared to Windows 95 andWindows 98)
- 2001 - first Apple retail store available
- 2001 - iPod introduced- 2003 - iTunes Store introduced- 2007 - iPhone introduced- 2010 - iPad introduced
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Desktop Evolution - iMac G5
- Released 2004
- RAM 2 GB
- 160 GB hard drive
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Desktop Evolution -The Mac-mini
- Released in 2005
- First real foray into the low-endconsumer market,
- Apple's first monitor-less consumerMac in more than six years.
- just two inches tall and 6.5 inches wideand deep.
- The basic idea of the mini was: letcurrent PC owners spend $500 toreplace their PC, while continuing touse their existing monitor and USB
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Desktop Evolution - iMac
- Released in 2007
- RAM: 4 GB
- 320 GB hard drive
- Includes a new thinaluminum keyboard
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Laptop Evolution Macbook Air
- Weight: 3 lbs
- 2 GB memory- 120 GB hard drive
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iPhone
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Evolution ofOSs
- Mac System 1,2,3,4 (1984-1987)
- Distinguishable from other OSs from that era in that they used entirelygraphical user interfaces
- Could only run one application at a time- Mac System 5, 6, 7 (1987mid 1990s)
- Could now run multiple applications
- 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
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10.0Cheetah (01) 10.1Puma (02) 10.2Jaguar (03)
10.3Panther (04) 10.4Tiger (05) 10.5Leopard (08)
10.6Snow Leopard (09) 10.7Lion (10) 10.8 Mountain Lion (12)