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Apple who invented it?
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Well, they both invented it....
"In 1976, in what is now the Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created a homemade microprocessor computer board called Apple I. Working from Jobs’ parents’ garage, the two men began to manufacture and market the Apple I to local hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts. Early in 1977, Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc., and in April of that year introduced the Apple II, the world’s first personal computer. Based on a board of their design, the Apple II, complete with keyboard and color graphics capability, retailed for $1290."
Interesting compared to what you can get for $1300 from Apple today
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"In 1976, in what is now the Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created a homemade microprocessor computer board called Apple I. Working from Jobs’ parents’ garage, the two men began to manufacture and market the Apple I to local hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts. Early in 1977, Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc., and in April of that year introduced the Apple II, the world’s first personal computer. Based on a board of their design, the Apple II, complete with keyboard and color graphics capability, retailed for $1290."
Interesting compared to what you can get for $1300 from Apple today
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were school friends and started Apple together. Steve Wozniak was the inventor of the Apple I and later the Apple II. Jobs contributed especially to the case design, but Woz was the one who actually did the design of the computer and the system to run it. That is the basics anyway.
Woz did not have anything really to do with the design of the Mac though. The Macintosh itself was Jeff Raskin's idea, but Jobs sort of took over the Mac project. I am glad it worked out the way it did though as Raskin's Macintosh was not going to be a GUI like the Mac.
Woz did not have anything really to do with the design of the Mac though. The Macintosh itself was Jeff Raskin's idea, but Jobs sort of took over the Mac project. I am glad it worked out the way it did though as Raskin's Macintosh was not going to be a GUI like the Mac.
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mynameis said:
Right. Great movie to watch if you are interested in the history of Apple in general and the Mac. Highly recomended.
Another great movie on the PC in general and how it started is Robert Cringley's PBS series on the nerds in Silicon valley called Trumph of the Nerds. All the real people like Jobs, Woz, Gates and even Steve Balmer are in it talking. Big section on the Mac and the starting of Apple.
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iNAP said:
There are a bunch of good books on Apple, Job, Woz. I am at a friends and when I get home will give you some good recomendations.
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http://apple2history.org/ has some information on the history of Apple, but focuses on the history of the Apple II. (Which can be an interesting topic by itself, since that line was Apple's first big "hit" product, in the days before IBM, DOS, or the Macintosh.)
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"Revolution in the Valley" by Andy Hertzfeld (sp?) is a great book. He was on the original mac team.
There is also a website he created, folklore.org, made up of short stories about the original mac team. I made a widget for it. Personally though, I think the book is much better.
Pirates of Silicon Valley is also a good movie
There is also a website he created, folklore.org, made up of short stories about the original mac team. I made a widget for it. Personally though, I think the book is much better.
Pirates of Silicon Valley is also a good movie
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