| The Macintosh computer began life as the Apple I in | | | | Interface) in their machines; a concept that was to |
| 1976 when two friends, Steve Wozniak and Steve | | | | revolutionize the computer industry. After many trials |
| Jobs with the aid of some friends built the first of fifty | | | | and errors, Apple came out with a true home |
| computers for the Byte Shop for $500 each. This first | | | | computer, the Apple Macintosh or Mac in 1984.The |
| Apple computer came equipped with a display screen | | | | Apple Computer was the beginning of desktop |
| (a rarity at the time), and was the first computer with a | | | | publishing era. Apple revolutionized publishing with its |
| fully assembled circuit board. Eventually, the little group | | | | magic combination of a PC, it’s LaserWriter |
| made and sold two hundred Apple I for $666.66 each. | | | | printer and specialized software, Aldus PageMaker |
| With loan of $250,000 Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs | | | | and MacPublisher. Aldus is now Adobe PageMaker. |
| and Armas Clifford ‘Mike’ Markkula | | | | These components allowed the designing and printing |
| joined forces to form Apple Computer on April 1, 1976. | | | | of documents complete with text and graphics. It is for |
| By mid-1977, they had improved upon the design of the | | | | this reason that the Macintosh is still a favorite among |
| Apple I and the Apple II was made available to the | | | | the graphic design crowd.Apple faced stiff competition |
| public.Ever wondered why the Company was named, | | | | from Microsoft, especially in relation to the cost of |
| Apple Computer? Simply because the trio realized that | | | | PC-clones. Apple’s popularity waned and the |
| “Apple” would come before the most | | | | home PC market was taken over by Bill |
| famous name in computers at the time, Atari. Over the | | | | Gates’ Microsoft. However, there are still many |
| years, Apple Computers continued to improve, | | | | different lines of Macs on the market today: the iMac |
| becoming cheaper thereby making it easier for many | | | | and Power Mac being two of the most popular.Click |
| homes to have a personal computer. Apple was the | | | | here now to find more observations from Yina. |
| first computer company to use GUI (Graphical User | | | | |