What year was Apple formed?

The past 20th century is the century of astronautics, the century of aviation. But this is also the age of the IT industry. Since the 70s of the last century, this area has been developing so rapidly that it is simply impossible to keep track of all the new products. And not the least role Apple played in this.

Seventies

In the mid-70s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak put up for sale their own computer, which they called Apple I. Over the next 10 months, they and their friends assembled 175 of these computers. And not just collected, but sold. The price of the device was $ 666. Apple I was very different from the PC in our modern sense. By and large, it was just a motherboard. About the case, keyboard, monitor, playback of any graphics and sounds were out of the question. The device’s base was the MOS Technology 6502 processor. Apple began to form in the garage of the Jobs house, and its name came from the English word apple (apple) - Steve's favorite fruit.

April 1, 1976 is the day of official registration of Apple Computer Inc. Curiously, Apple I was not the first programmable computer. Ed Roberts had developed the Altair 8800 a few years before, which in 1974-1975 was quite successfully sold through catalogs. But "Altair" was a machine for those who knew, there was no talk of any personalization. In 1976, several other companies, including Commodore and Tandy Radio Shack, also released computers. Their developments already in 1977 were sold in thousandths. However, the first truly personal computer is considered to be Apple II, more than 5 million of which were sold in 8 and 16-bit models.

Eighties

It would seem that Apple III, after the triumph of its predecessor, was doomed to success. However, this did not happen. The project was a failure. In 1980, Apple first placed its shares on the stock exchange. In March 1981, Steve Wozniak - the brain and hands of the company - got into a plane crash and could not work for several months. Apple III is selling so poorly that Steve Jobs decides to fire some employees. Competitors were already rubbing their hands, expecting Apple to go bankrupt. To his misfortune, Steve Jobs invites former PepsiCo employee John Scully to the post of president of Apple. Two ambitious and powerful people began to disagree.

In 1984, a 32-bit Macintosh computer appeared, the development of which was originally a side project of the company. But it was Macintosh, and later iMac, that became the main source of profit.

Experts estimate that the owner of a Windows computer spends about 50 hours a year on troubleshooting, installing, and setting up programs. IMac owners devote 10 times less time to this throughout the year.

It was Apple experts who first decided to meet the needs of users and created a graphical intuitive interface, came up with a new type of manipulator - a mouse, taught the computer to show pictures, play sounds. The mid-80s, namely 1985, is a landmark era. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak received medals for the development of technological progress from the hands of President of the United States Ronald Reagan. And just a few weeks later, Jobs left his own company due to ongoing conflicts with its head, John Scully.

Nineties - the beginning of zero

Every year, things went worse for Apple. Analysts prophesied an imminent bankruptcy. By 1997, the company's losses amounted to more than 1.8 billion dollars. In the same 1997, Steve Jobs returned to the fold of his own company, and the situation changed dramatically. Apple is rapidly gaining a position in the market for non-computer devices. In 2001, another development was presented to the world - an iPod audio player.

The iPod enabled every owner to carry thousands of their favorite songs in their pocket.

You can only download music to iPod using the iTunes Store, where it is possible to download both individual tracks and entire albums. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone touchscreen smartphones. The player and communicator, as well as the superbly implemented Internet surfing function, were what users needed. Smartphones were sold in million copies. Fans of "apple" products have been looking forward to and are waiting for new models, pre-ordering for several months.