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The History of Apple Computers. Apple I. Sold as a motherboard Not a whole computer by today’s standards Homebrew Computer Club Needed 2 AC input voltages. Apple II. April 17, 1977 West Coast Computer Faire Market Leader Cassette tape storage to 5 ½ floppy disk
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The History of Apple Computers
Apple I Sold as a motherboard Not a whole computer by today’s standards Homebrew Computer Club Needed 2 AC input voltages
Apple II • April 17, 1977 • West Coast Computer Faire • Market Leader • Cassette tape storage to 5 ½ floppy disk • Visicalc spreadsheet software program
Apple III • May 1980 • Many recalled due to omittion of the “cooling fan” • Competed against IBM PC and MS-DOS
Apple Lisa • Based on Alto Computer • First computer with a GUI • Failed because of high price and because of limited software options
Apple Macintosh • Offered the LaserWriter printer • Offered desktop publishing • Offered advanced graphics • Sold better than Lisa
Apple Macintosh Portable • Introduced in 1989 • Bulky and Large • Very unsuccessful at time of introduction
Apple PowerBook 100 • Sony created this from the specs of the Mac Portable and made it smaller • 20 MB hard drive • 9 in Passive Matrix Screen • System 7 Mac OS
Apple Quicktake Digital Camera • Released in 1997 • One of the first digital cameras • Very unsuccessful
Apple Power Macintosh Line • Attempt to regain a position in the competitive computer market • Used IBMs Power PC Processor • OS rewritten so that older Mac’s could still run on these programs
Apple iMac • Great leap in sales for Apple • Provided one of the best fiscal years since 1993 • Allowed for digital video • Inspired iMovie and iDvd
Apple iPod • November 10, 2001 • Apple’s first digital audio player • Introduced the itunes store to download compatable iPod music
Apple MacBook Pro and New iMac • January 10, 2006 • New notebook computer • Four times faster than the powerbook models • iMac with 2 or 3 times faster performance