Chapter 3
“We Will Have a
Company”
W
ozniak finished his computer in 1976. It was a circuit
board connected to a television set and a keyboard. When
Woz typed in commands, they appeared on the television screen.
This was a first in computing.
Woz demonstrated his creation at a Homebrew Club meeting
and passed out detailed instructions on how to build it, which the
audience grabbed up. But few actually built their own machines.
Jobs concluded that the other hobbyists lacked the skill or the
time to build them. He reasoned that if he and Wozniak went into
business making the printed circuit boards, their peers would buy
them. Customers would still have to buy the various components
and assemble the machines, but the most complicated part would
be done for them. From this small idea, the Apple Computer
Company was born.
Wozniak created the computer that launched the company. But
it was Jobs’s vision and single-mindedness that made the com-
pany successful and quirky. Like Jobs, the company was different
from anything that came before it.
Apple is Born
When Jobs first suggested that he and Wozniak build and sell the
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