The story behind Apple

Everyone in the world falls into one of two distinct groups: Apple people and non-Apple people. If you're not an Apple person, you've certainly seen them, clustered around their sleek white products of the future, lined up for miles outside the Apple store. Here are few quick facts about Apple, just in case you were wondering what all the hubbub was about. Steve Jobs' biological parents were a Syrian political science professor and a college student. After Paul and Clara Jobs took custody of baby The student got pregnant and decided to put up their unborn child for adoption, on the condition that the adopted parents be college graduates. Steven Paul, it was revealed that his adopted mom never finished college and his adopted dad was actually a high school dropout. Turkey Syria Mediferranean Sea Iraq The Jobs used their life savings to send Steve to college. He also dropped out after one semester. Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. All three worked at Atari before starting Apple. Drew up the first logo, which featured Isaac Newton under a 4 tree, as well as the company's original contract. Within two weeks, he became nervous about the debt Apple was taking on and relinquished his stake in the company for $1500. Today, that stake would be worth $22 billion. 4 Now lives off of social security and his stamp trading business. + The first Apple computer was the Apple l, released in July, 1976. It was sold to members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, then through a local computer store called The Byte Shop. The first Apple computers were $666, which would be $2,540 in 2010 dollars. The Apple Il was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco on April 16, 1977. The Apple Il had color, sound, between 4K and 48K of memory, and elght expansion slots so users could modify their computers. The Apple Il also used a disassembler, a program that made the software codes available to anyone who wanted them. In 1979, Apple began bundling the Apple Il with VisiCalc, the world's first spreadsheet software. It was this "killer app" that propelled sales and made Apple one of the most popular first personal computers. ВИ мее In 1983 Apple donated computers to about 10,000 California schools through the Kids Can't Wait' program. They not only donated the computers, but trained teachers and monitored the program for several years. On January 22, 1984 Apple debuted the Macintosh in the now legendary Super Bowl commercial titled'1984: The commercial cost an unprecedented $800,000 to film, was directed by Ridley Scott and used a cast of 200 extras. Included in that cast of 200 were authentic British skinheads. The actual Macintosh computer never appeared and was never mentloned In the commercial. In 1985, Steve Jobs lost a power struggle with the Apple Board of Directors and resigned from the company. He started a new computer company called NEXT, which focused on higher education. NEXT was mostly a failure, but managed to create a modern operating system. XT In 1996, Apple acquired NEXT for the operating system and brought Steve Jobs back into company. Jobs has served as CEO of Apple since 1997. In 1998, Apple released its egg-shaped desktop computer, the iMac. The design was revolutionary in that the computer and monitor were housed in one unit, which came in translucent, bright colors instead of the usual beige. The iMac was also one of the first comput- ers to drop the diskette drive. The T'stood for Internet, and was later adopted for Apple's iPod, IPhone and iPad. The sleek, white look of Apple's products since 2001 were designed by Jonathan Ive. Ive's design team is said to work in complete secrecy, with few other Apple employees allowed to enter their studio. Early prototypes of Ive's products are included in the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, the Telegraph listed Ive as the most influential Briton living in America. '1984' director Ridley Scott was also on the list. In May, 2010, Apple surpassed Microsoft as the world's biggest technology company. Apple's value is $222 billion, while Microsoft's is $219 bilon. Microsoft Microsoft is still more profitable, however, reporting an annual profit of $35.5 billion, while Apple only reported $14.6 billion. UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10168684 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple7624539US-pensioner-Ronald-Wayne-gave-up-15bn-slice-of-Apple.htmi http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgottenfounder/indexhtml http://www.applefritter.com/node/2703 http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/a1.html http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-ofapples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/ http://apple2history.org/history/aho3.html http://lowendmaccom/orchard/06/visicalc-origin-bricklin.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.htmlekids http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jar/29/citynews.apple http://www.curtsmedia.com/cine/1984.html http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.dm?RSS&NewsID=12706 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435096/The-top-ten-most-influential-Britons-in-America.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_techfortune/6html http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the apple.phphttp://www.atariarchives.org/delihomebrew_and how_the_apple.php Everyone in the world falls into one of two distinct groups: Apple people and non-Apple people. If you're not an Apple person, you've certainly seen them, clustered around their sleek white products of the future, lined up for miles outside the Apple store. Here are few quick facts about Apple, just in case you were wondering what all the hubbub was about. Steve Jobs' biological parents were a Syrian political science professor and a college student. After Paul and Clara Jobs took custody of baby The student got pregnant and decided to put up their unborn child for adoption, on the condition that the adopted parents be college graduates. Steven Paul, it was revealed that his adopted mom never finished college and his adopted dad was actually a high school dropout. Turkey Syria Mediferranean Sea Iraq The Jobs used their life savings to send Steve to college. He also dropped out after one semester. Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. All three worked at Atari before starting Apple. Drew up the first logo, which featured Isaac Newton under a 4 tree, as well as the company's original contract. Within two weeks, he became nervous about the debt Apple was taking on and relinquished his stake in the company for $1500. Today, that stake would be worth $22 billion. 4 Now lives off of social security and his stamp trading business. + The first Apple computer was the Apple l, released in July, 1976. It was sold to members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, then through a local computer store called The Byte Shop. The first Apple computers were $666, which would be $2,540 in 2010 dollars. The Apple Il was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco on April 16, 1977. The Apple Il had color, sound, between 4K and 48K of memory, and elght expansion slots so users could modify their computers. The Apple Il also used a disassembler, a program that made the software codes available to anyone who wanted them. In 1979, Apple began bundling the Apple Il with VisiCalc, the world's first spreadsheet software. It was this "killer app" that propelled sales and made Apple one of the most popular first personal computers. In 1983 Apple donated computers to about 10,000 California schools through the Kids Can't Wait' program. They not only donated the computers, but trained teachers and monitored the program for several years. On January 22, 1984 Apple debuted the Macintosh in the now legendary Super Bowl commercial titled'1984: The commercial cost an unprecedented $800,000 to film, was directed by Ridley Scott and used a cast of 200 extras. Included in that cast of 200 were authentic British skinheads. The actual Macintosh computer never appeared and was never mentloned In the commercial. In 1985, Steve Jobs lost a power struggle with the Apple Board of Directors and resigned from the company. He started a new computer company called NEXT, which focused on higher education. e NEXT was mostly a failure, but managed to create a modern operating system. XT In 1996, Apple acquired NEXT for the operating system and brought Steve Jobs back into company. Jobs has served as CEO of Apple since 1997. In 1998, Apple released its egg-shaped desktop computer, the iMac. The design was revolutionary in that the computer and monitor were housed in one unit, which came in translucent, bright colors instead of the usual beige. The iMac was also one of the first comput- ers to drop the diskette drive. The T'stood for Internet, and was later adopted for Apple's iPod, IPhone and iPad. The sleek, white look of Apple's products since 2001 were designed by Jonathan Ive. Ive's design team is said to work in complete secrecy, with few other Apple employees allowed to enter their studio. Early prototypes of Ive's products are included in the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, the Telegraph listed Ive as the most influential Briton living in America. '1984' director Ridley Scott was also on the list. In May, 2010, Apple surpassed Microsoft as the world's biggest technology company. Apple's value is $222 billion, while Microsoft's is $219 bilon. Microsoft Microsoft is still more profitable, however, reporting an annual profit of $35.5 billion, while Apple only reported $14.6 billion. UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10168684 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple7624539US-pensioner-Ronald-Wayne-gave-up-15bn-slice-of-Apple.htmi http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgottenfounder/indexhtml http://www.applefritter.com/node/2703 http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/a1.html http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-ofapples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/ http://apple2history.org/history/aho3.html http://lowendmaccom/orchard/06/visicalc-origin-bricklin.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.htmlekids http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jar/29/citynews.apple http://www.curtsmedia.com/cine/1984.html http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.dm?RSS&NewsID=12706 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435096/The-top-ten-most-influential-Britons-in-America.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_techfortune/6html http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the apple.phphttp://www.atariarchives.org/delihomebrew_and how_the_apple.php Everyone in the world falls into one of two distinct groups: Apple people and non-Apple people. If you're not an Apple person, you've certainly seen them, clustered around their sleek white products of the future, lined up for miles outside the Apple store. Here are few quick facts about Apple, just in case you were wondering what all the hubbub was about. Steve Jobs' biological parents were a Syrian political science professor and a college student. After Paul and Clara Jobs took custody of baby The student got pregnant and decided to put up their unborn child for adoption, on the condition that the adopted parents be college graduates. Steven Paul, it was revealed that his adopted mom never finished college and his adopted dad was actually a high school dropout. Turkey Syria Mediferranean Sea Iraq The Jobs used their life savings to send Steve to college. He also dropped out after one semester. Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. All three worked at Atari before starting Apple. Drew up the first logo, which featured Isaac Newton under a 4 tree, as well as the company's original contract. Within two weeks, he became nervous about the debt Apple was taking on and relinquished his stake in the company for $1500. Today, that stake would be worth $22 billion. 4 Now lives off of social security and his stamp trading business. + The first Apple computer was the Apple l, released in July, 1976. It was sold to members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, then through a local computer store called The Byte Shop. The first Apple computers were $666, which would be $2,540 in 2010 dollars. The Apple Il was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco on April 16, 1977. The Apple Il had color, sound, between 4K and 48K of memory, and elght expansion slots so users could modify their computers. The Apple Il also used a disassembler, a program that made the software codes available to anyone who wanted them. In 1979, Apple began bundling the Apple Il with VisiCalc, the world's first spreadsheet software. It was this "killer app" that propelled sales and made Apple one of the most popular first personal computers. In 1983 Apple donated computers to about 10,000 California schools through the Kids Can't Wait' program. They not only donated the computers, but trained teachers and monitored the program for several years. On January 22, 1984 Apple debuted the Macintosh in the now legendary Super Bowl commercial titled'1984: The commercial cost an unprecedented $800,000 to film, was directed by Ridley Scott and used a cast of 200 extras. Included in that cast of 200 were authentic British skinheads. The actual Macintosh computer never appeared and was never mentloned In the commercial. In 1985, Steve Jobs lost a power struggle with the Apple Board of Directors and resigned from the company. He started a new computer company called NEXT, which focused on higher education. e NEXT was mostly a failure, but managed to create a modern operating system. XT In 1996, Apple acquired NEXT for the operating system and brought Steve Jobs back into company. Jobs has served as CEO of Apple since 1997. In 1998, Apple released its egg-shaped desktop computer, the iMac. The design was revolutionary in that the computer and monitor were housed in one unit, which came in translucent, bright colors instead of the usual beige. The iMac was also one of the first comput- ers to drop the diskette drive. The T'stood for Internet, and was later adopted for Apple's iPod, IPhone and iPad. The sleek, white look of Apple's products since 2001 were designed by Jonathan Ive. Ive's design team is said to work in complete secrecy, with few other Apple employees allowed to enter their studio. Early prototypes of Ive's products are included in the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, the Telegraph listed Ive as the most influential Briton living in America. '1984' director Ridley Scott was also on the list. In May, 2010, Apple surpassed Microsoft as the world's biggest technology company. Apple's value is $222 billion, while Microsoft's is $219 bilon. Microsoft Microsoft is still more profitable, however, reporting an annual profit of $35.5 billion, while Apple only reported $14.6 billion. UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10168684 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple7624539US-pensioner-Ronald-Wayne-gave-up-15bn-slice-of-Apple.htmi http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgottenfounder/indexhtml http://www.applefritter.com/node/2703 http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/a1.html http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-ofapples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/ http://apple2history.org/history/aho3.html http://lowendmaccom/orchard/06/visicalc-origin-bricklin.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.htmlekids http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jar/29/citynews.apple http://www.curtsmedia.com/cine/1984.html http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.dm?RSS&NewsID=12706 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435096/The-top-ten-most-influential-Britons-in-America.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_techfortune/6html http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the apple.phphttp://www.atariarchives.org/delihomebrew_and how_the_apple.php Everyone in the world falls into one of two distinct groups: Apple people and non-Apple people. If you're not an Apple person, you've certainly seen them, clustered around their sleek white products of the future, lined up for miles outside the Apple store. Here are few quick facts about Apple, just in case you were wondering what all the hubbub was about. Steve Jobs' biological parents were a Syrian political science professor and a college student. After Paul and Clara Jobs took custody of baby The student got pregnant and decided to put up their unborn child for adoption, on the condition that the adopted parents be college graduates. Steven Paul, it was revealed that his adopted mom never finished college and his adopted dad was actually a high school dropout. Turkey Syria Mediferranean Sea Iraq The Jobs used their life savings to send Steve to college. He also dropped out after one semester. Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. All three worked at Atari before starting Apple. Drew up the first logo, which featured Isaac Newton under a 4 tree, as well as the company's original contract. Within two weeks, he became nervous about the debt Apple was taking on and relinquished his stake in the company for $1500. Today, that stake would be worth $22 billion. 4 Now lives off of social security and his stamp trading business. + The first Apple computer was the Apple l, released in July, 1976. It was sold to members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, then through a local computer store called The Byte Shop. The first Apple computers were $666, which would be $2,540 in 2010 dollars. The Apple Il was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco on April 16, 1977. The Apple Il had color, sound, between 4K and 48K of memory, and elght expansion slots so users could modify their computers. The Apple Il also used a disassembler, a program that made the software codes available to anyone who wanted them. In 1979, Apple began bundling the Apple Il with VisiCalc, the world's first spreadsheet software. It was this "killer app" that propelled sales and made Apple one of the most popular first personal computers. In 1983 Apple donated computers to about 10,000 California schools through the Kids Can't Wait' program. They not only donated the computers, but trained teachers and monitored the program for several years. On January 22, 1984 Apple debuted the Macintosh in the now legendary Super Bowl commercial titled'1984: The commercial cost an unprecedented $800,000 to film, was directed by Ridley Scott and used a cast of 200 extras. Included in that cast of 200 were authentic British skinheads. The actual Macintosh computer never appeared and was never mentloned In the commercial. In 1985, Steve Jobs lost a power struggle with the Apple Board of Directors and resigned from the company. He started a new computer company called NEXT, which focused on higher education. e NEXT was mostly a failure, but managed to create a modern operating system. XT In 1996, Apple acquired NEXT for the operating system and brought Steve Jobs back into company. Jobs has served as CEO of Apple since 1997. In 1998, Apple released its egg-shaped desktop computer, the iMac. The design was revolutionary in that the computer and monitor were housed in one unit, which came in translucent, bright colors instead of the usual beige. The iMac was also one of the first comput- ers to drop the diskette drive. The T'stood for Internet, and was later adopted for Apple's iPod, IPhone and iPad. The sleek, white look of Apple's products since 2001 were designed by Jonathan Ive. Ive's design team is said to work in complete secrecy, with few other Apple employees allowed to enter their studio. Early prototypes of Ive's products are included in the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, the Telegraph listed Ive as the most influential Briton living in America. '1984' director Ridley Scott was also on the list. In May, 2010, Apple surpassed Microsoft as the world's biggest technology company. Apple's value is $222 billion, while Microsoft's is $219 bilon. Microsoft Microsoft is still more profitable, however, reporting an annual profit of $35.5 billion, while Apple only reported $14.6 billion. UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10168684 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple7624539US-pensioner-Ronald-Wayne-gave-up-15bn-slice-of-Apple.htmi http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgottenfounder/indexhtml http://www.applefritter.com/node/2703 http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/a1.html http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-ofapples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/ http://apple2history.org/history/aho3.html http://lowendmaccom/orchard/06/visicalc-origin-bricklin.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.htmlekids http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jar/29/citynews.apple http://www.curtsmedia.com/cine/1984.html http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.dm?RSS&NewsID=12706 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435096/The-top-ten-most-influential-Britons-in-America.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_techfortune/6html http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the apple.phphttp://www.atariarchives.org/delihomebrew_and how_the_apple.php Everyone in the world falls into one of two distinct groups: Apple people and non-Apple people. If you're not an Apple person, you've certainly seen them, clustered around their sleek white products of the future, lined up for miles outside the Apple store. Here are few quick facts about Apple, just in case you were wondering what all the hubbub was about. Steve Jobs' biological parents were a Syrian political science professor and a college student. After Paul and Clara Jobs took custody of baby The student got pregnant and decided to put up their unborn child for adoption, on the condition that the adopted parents be college graduates. Steven Paul, it was revealed that his adopted mom never finished college and his adopted dad was actually a high school dropout. Turkey Syria Mediferranean Sea Iraq The Jobs used their life savings to send Steve to college. He also dropped out after one semester. Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. All three worked at Atari before starting Apple. Drew up the first logo, which featured Isaac Newton under a 4 tree, as well as the company's original contract. Within two weeks, he became nervous about the debt Apple was taking on and relinquished his stake in the company for $1500. Today, that stake would be worth $22 billion. 4 Now lives off of social security and his stamp trading business. + The first Apple computer was the Apple l, released in July, 1976. It was sold to members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, then through a local computer store called The Byte Shop. The first Apple computers were $666, which would be $2,540 in 2010 dollars. The Apple Il was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco on April 16, 1977. The Apple Il had color, sound, between 4K and 48K of memory, and elght expansion slots so users could modify their computers. The Apple Il also used a disassembler, a program that made the software codes available to anyone who wanted them. In 1979, Apple began bundling the Apple Il with VisiCalc, the world's first spreadsheet software. It was this "killer app" that propelled sales and made Apple one of the most popular first personal computers. In 1983 Apple donated computers to about 10,000 California schools through the Kids Can't Wait' program. They not only donated the computers, but trained teachers and monitored the program for several years. On January 22, 1984 Apple debuted the Macintosh in the now legendary Super Bowl commercial titled'1984: The commercial cost an unprecedented $800,000 to film, was directed by Ridley Scott and used a cast of 200 extras. Included in that cast of 200 were authentic British skinheads. The actual Macintosh computer never appeared and was never mentloned In the commercial. In 1985, Steve Jobs lost a power struggle with the Apple Board of Directors and resigned from the company. He started a new computer company called NEXT, which focused on higher education. e NEXT was mostly a failure, but managed to create a modern operating system. XT In 1996, Apple acquired NEXT for the operating system and brought Steve Jobs back into company. Jobs has served as CEO of Apple since 1997. In 1998, Apple released its egg-shaped desktop computer, the iMac. The design was revolutionary in that the computer and monitor were housed in one unit, which came in translucent, bright colors instead of the usual beige. The iMac was also one of the first comput- ers to drop the diskette drive. The T'stood for Internet, and was later adopted for Apple's iPod, IPhone and iPad. The sleek, white look of Apple's products since 2001 were designed by Jonathan Ive. Ive's design team is said to work in complete secrecy, with few other Apple employees allowed to enter their studio. Early prototypes of Ive's products are included in the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 2008, the Telegraph listed Ive as the most influential Briton living in America. '1984' director Ridley Scott was also on the list. In May, 2010, Apple surpassed Microsoft as the world's biggest technology company. Apple's value is $222 billion, while Microsoft's is $219 bilon. Microsoft Microsoft is still more profitable, however, reporting an annual profit of $35.5 billion, while Apple only reported $14.6 billion. UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10168684 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple7624539US-pensioner-Ronald-Wayne-gave-up-15bn-slice-of-Apple.htmi http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgottenfounder/indexhtml http://www.applefritter.com/node/2703 http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/a1.html http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-ofapples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/ http://apple2history.org/history/aho3.html http://lowendmaccom/orchard/06/visicalc-origin-bricklin.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.htmlekids http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jar/29/citynews.apple http://www.curtsmedia.com/cine/1984.html http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.dm?RSS&NewsID=12706 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435096/The-top-ten-most-influential-Britons-in-America.html http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_techfortune/6html http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the apple.phphttp://www.atariarchives.org/delihomebrew_and how_the_apple.php