STEVE JOBS
CREATER OF APPLE
The Birth of Apple Computer
At that time, Steve Wozniak was working in the design of what would be considered as the first PCs. Steve's own interest in computer design was limited, but he understood that his friend's current project was an amazing feat of engineering. He started to get involved and after a few months, he convinced Woz to found a company to sell his computer. So on April 1, 1976, Apple was born. he name "Apple Computer" was chosen because they hadn't found anything better and because it was Steve's favourite food.
The Apple I
Though their initial plan was to sell just printed circuit boards, Jobs and Wozniak ended up creating a batch of completely assembled computers, and entered the personal computer business. The first personal computer Jobs and Wozniak introduced was called the Apple I. The Apple I sold for $666.66. It was a fact success and about 200 units were produced.
The Apple II
In 1977, Woz started working on the design of the Apple II, which was a real breakthrough due to its color dispay, sound and expandability. More than two million were sold. At this time, Apple gave up its old logo and adopted its striped apple-with-a-bite logo. Apple became the company of personal computers. In 1983, the Apple Lisa was introduced, but wasn't success.
The Macintosh Project
Steve, who owned $7.5 million of Apple stocks, ws worth $217.5 million by the end of the day. He became one of the richest self-made men in America. However, Steve wanted to be involved in the development of Apple's future pproducts. By early 1981, Steve took over the Macinosh project. He wanted the Macintosh to be a PC "as easy to use as a toaster". In 1984, the first commercially successful cimputer, Macintosh was introduced with a gaphical user interface.
Departure from Apple
The first figures of Mac sales looked very promising. However, the differences of treatment between the former Lisa group and the Mac group hurt the company. It all came to an end on Tuesday, May 28, 1985. Despite his attempts to convince board members, every single board member voted his removal. This was the beginning of one of the darkest period in Steve's life. He didn't know what would become of him.