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By: Millard Abbott and Jonathon Odem Date: 11/25/13 The Ins and Outs of Apple, Inc.
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The Beginning Founded by two men, Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs Both men lived in Silicon Valley in California The Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley)
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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)
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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)
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Acquaintances They met in high school in a technology class Discovered mutual interests through projects Breakout for Atari Sparked an idea between the two
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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 (apple-history)
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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)
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Apple I - 1976 1 MHz CPU speed Maximum RAM of 65 kB Apple I (El Manual De Computación)
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Apple II - 1977 Added Plastic Casing Displayed Color Graphics Larger ROM and expandable RAM (apple-history) Apple II
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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
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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 (apple-history) 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)
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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.
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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)
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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
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Macintosh ClassicMacintosh IIsi Macintosh LC (low-cost color) (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 (apple-history) Apple’s first Powerbook
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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
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iMac 1998 $1299 Fastest Mac model ever – 4 GB Hard Drive – 256 MB RAM (apple-history) 1998 Apple iMac
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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 (apple-history) Portable iMac called the iBook
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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
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iTunes – 2003 iPod was released for $399 in 2001 – 5 GB Hard Drive Produced a new world for music and computers 200,000 Tracks
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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 (apple-history) 2006 Macbook Pro 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 (apple-history) 1998 iMac 2013 iMac
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Works Cited Apple Inc. Revenue by Category-Fiscal Q2 2013. 2013. Chart. macrumors.com Web. 29 Oct 2013. Apple OS History." Apple Operating System History. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. Dyball, Rennie. "Ashton Kutcher Photographed as Steve Jobs." PEOPLE.com. N.p., 14 May 2012. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. "El Manual De Computación." Historia De La Computación. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. "History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research | Episodes." History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research | Episodes. Richmond University, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. Linzmayer, Owen W. "30 Pivotal Moments in Apple's History." Macworld. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.
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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.
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