Apple, the name itself commands regard and admiration. The world renowned computer company is actually the brain child of perhaps one of the greatest innovators that history has ever witnessed – Late Mr. Steve Jobs. His untimely death has left a permanent hole in the heart of every computer and gadget enthusiast. Steve Jobs, with his brain child Apple Inc, in the true sense revolutionized the way the world listened to music and operated the traditional computers. In this article, there is a brief history of Apple that’s worth reading:

The beginning of Apple Inc can be traced down to the early and mid seventies. It came into existence as the joint effort of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They spent their teenage life in San Jose, California, famous as the Silicon Valley. Both Jobs and Wozniak were an outcast as teenagers and did not mingle well with the crowds and were high school drop out. They both first met in Hewlett Packard, where Jobs was a summer intern and Wozniak was working as a calculator manufacturer.

Wozniak was a maverick of the technology product and has manufactured various devices illegally. One of his highly intriguing invention was a device which allowed people to make long distance calls. He made this device by hacking illegally the networks of AT & T.

After a brief time, Jobs and Wozniak decided to time up and work towards a single direction. Where at one place Wozniak derived gratification from manufacturing intriguing devices, Steve Jobs came up with gainful strategies to market the range of personal computers to the world. The company was set up on the sacrifice of Volkswagen Bus of Jobs and HP Programmable of Wozniak. Initially, the basement section of Jobs’ house served as the “headquarters” of the company. They created their first ever personal computer on April 1, 1976. The first Apple computer was released under the name of Apple Computer Co.

Those Nostalgic Initial Stages brief history of apple

The first ever personal computer of Apple used TV as the display medium, which was revolutionizing in its own self as before that, no personal computers offered any sort of display. It worked much faster than other machines and provided and easy start up RAM and bootstrap code.

It also offered a flexible hood which covered and revealed the machine, as and when required.

The first order came from the local computer shop which offered to buy 50 computers, paying $50 for each. Both Jobs and Wozniak supplied the order themselves, spending every penny and a lot of sleepless nights.

Steve Jobs also solicited Ronald Wayne to join the company and improve its functioning with his own knowledge. However the could not carry on the collaboration for long.

Gaining Pace in the Seventies and the Eighties brief history of apple

After establishing the foothold with Apple I and registering monetary gains, Apple introduced a new and advanced version Apple II. It was really popular in that time, owing to its remodeled TV interface which aptly handled the graphics and colors.

The future endeavors demanded money and thus the investments came from Mike Markkula. Markkula was deeply impressed with the success format explained to him by Steve Jobs and invested a flamboyant sum of $92,000 and further $250,000 which came as a bank loan. Markulla also played the role of mentor in both Jobs’ and Wozniak’s life and provided them with expert management and business solutions. The first CEO of Apple – Michael Scott, the person who suggested the invention of floppy, was also brought by Markulla.

Macintosh, which is the most famous product of Apple, was actually the first computer to make use of graphic mouse interface. It was formed after one of the Apple employee, Jef Raskin repeatedly stressed over the need to develop easy looking computers for a common man.

The beginning stages saw the incapability of Steve Jobs to manage the firm on his own. He lacked the vision and maturity of the strategist and was no linear in his approach. He later invited Sculley to help in the functioning the company. Sculley, with his years of experience and market expertise, was the best choice and brought about stability and efficient management in the organization. Sculley was the mind behind shrewdly raising the price of Macintosh from $1,995 to $2,495.

However the clashes between Sculley and jobs increased with time. The basic reason was the clash of ideologies, as Sculley was quite regressive and traditional and Jobs was broad minded and could not be confided under limits. After a while, jobs left Apple.

The Stumbling Roadblocks brief history of apple

Apple, the name itself commands regard and admiration. The world renowned computer company is actually the brain child of perhaps one of the greatest innovators that history has ever witnessed – Late Mr. Steve Jobs. His untimely death has left a permanent hole in the heart of every computer and gadget enthusiast. Steve Jobs, with his brain child Apple Inc, in the true sense revolutionized the way the world listened to music and operated the traditional computers.

The beginning of Apple Inc can be traced down to the early and mid seventies. It came into existence as the joint effort of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They spent their teenage life in San Jose, California, famous as the Silicon Valley. Both Jobs and Wozniak were an outcast as teenagers and did not mingle well with the crowds and were high school drop out. They both first met in Hewlett Packard, where Jobs was a summer intern and Wozniak was working as a calculator manufacturer.

Wozniak was a maverick of the technology product and has manufactured various devices illegally. One of his highly intriguing invention was a device which allowed people to make long distance calls. He made this device by hacking illegally the networks of AT & T.

After a brief time, Jobs and Wozniak decided to time up and work towards a single direction. Where at one place Wozniak derived gratification from manufacturing intriguing devices, Steve Jobs came up with gainful strategies to market the range of personal computers to the world. The company was set up on the sacrifice of Volkswagen Bus of Jobs and HP Programmable of Wozniak. Initially, the basement section of Jobs’ house served as the “headquarters” of the company. They created their first ever personal computer on April 1, 1976. The first Apple computer was released under the name of Apple Computer Co.

Gaining Pace in the Seventies and the Eighties brief history of apple

After establishing the foothold with Apple I and registering monetary gains, Apple introduced a new and advanced version Apple II. It was really popular in that time, owing to its remodeled TV interface which aptly handled the graphics and colors.

The future endeavors demanded money and thus the investments came from Mike Markkula. Markkula was deeply impressed with the success format explained to him by Steve Jobs and invested a flamboyant sum of $92,000 and further $250,000 which came as a bank loan. Markulla also played the role of mentor in both Jobs’ and Wozniak’s life and provided them with expert management and business solutions. The first CEO of Apple – Michael Scott, the person who suggested the invention of floppy, was also brought by Markulla.

Macintosh, which is the most famous product of Apple, was actually the first computer to make use of graphic mouse interface. It was formed after one of the Apple employee, Jef Raskin repeatedly stressed over the need to develop easy looking computers for a common man.

The beginning stages saw the incapability of Steve Jobs to manage the firm on his own. He lacked the vision and maturity of the strategist and was no linear in his approach. He later invited Sculley to help in the functioning the company. Sculley, with his years of experience and market expertise, was the best choice and brought about stability and efficient management in the organization. Sculley was the mind behind shrewdly raising the price of Macintosh from $1,995 to $2,495.

Apple could barely stumble through its way in the 1990’s. IBM launched a computer force which was effective in pulling up the audiences and the same time all of Apple’s products like Quadra, Centries and Performa failed to perform. Apple also introduced its range of PDA’s named Newton, which also failed miserably.

All these failures were attributed to poor management and the value of it stock dropped down considerably. Steve Jobs, on the other acquired an animation organization, Pixar and founded another company called neXT. It was again a failure due to high prices, but laid down the foundations for Mac OS X and also motivated Time Berners Lee to come up with World Wide Web.

The Comeback of Apple Inc brief history of apple

The comeback of Steve Jobs resuscitated Apple back to life. Though the growth was slow in the initial years, but when Steve jobs moved in the chair of the CEO of Apple Inc, he fostered growth by stressing on the development of iMac – the combination of CRT display and CPU design. iMac was a success and escalated the growth of the company. As the company shifted its focus to conserving the aesthetics of the products, the company gained noteworthy success.

In the later stages, Apple went on to introducing other ground shaking products like inventing new operating system, MAC OS X, developing iBook, Mac G4 and etc.

Apple in the Present Time

In the present time, it is impossible for users to think about any smart phone, music player, laptop etc and not think about Apple. Apple products today determine the highest standards of luxurious consumptions.

What propagated such a diverse popularization of Apple products was the launch of Apple iPod on 23rd October 2001. it was gamble on the part of Apple Inc, which paid of, as this little device which allowed users to play up to 1000 songs in a go, was superbly received in the market. The same has now leads to the development of various different models like Nano, classic, iPod mini, iPod touch, shuffle and etc.

Other products of Apple Inc, iPhone and iPad are extremely popular with user groups. In 2003, Apple also provided the world, its own system of listening to music iTunes which actually transformed the way people would listen to music. iTunes today is one of the most widely used platform to download music and videos.

On August 25, 2011 it was made known to the public that Steve Jobs has resigned from the post of the CEO of Apple Inc due to health ailments, as he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. It was later reported that he will be succeeded by Tim Cook. Steve Jobs left the world, with a surge of dismay and sorrow on October 5, 2011.

Apple and its Future Endeavors

Apple shows no interests in slowing down and taking its success for granted. The technology giant has plans of introducing iPhone 4S, iCloud, Mac iOS 5 and users may anytime expect the arrival of iPhone 5 as well.

iPhone 4S is already a hit in the market and provides you with highly intriguing features. The new voice recognition feature installed in the same, Siri, can easily recognize your voice, understand and respond to the voice commands.

Months before his sad demise, Steve Jobs shared with the world the plans of shifting the headquarters to Cupertino in a lavish and highly modernized building, with the space to accommodate over 12 thousand employees. The building has been smartly designed, with Eco-friendly concerns at heart, utilizing only the abundant natural resources as the sources of energy.

The building will complete in 2013 and Apple Inc plans to shift in there by 2015.

An Ending Note

No amount of discussions and words can confound in itself the majestic and inspiring world of Apple and its development to become the giant and perhaps the most regarded name in the industry of computer and gadget development. In the discussions, we have attempted to provide the brief synopsis embarking the journey Apple had. The major setback to Apple was the loss of its founder, the genius Mr. Steve Jobs, to death by cancer. However, the accomplishments of the past lay down the foundations of the future and we wish to receive much more enthralling and mesmerizing gadgets and computers from Apple Inc.

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