Companies History Post 1 & 2

Post 1:
Apple Inc. was first named Apple Computer Inc. for its first thity years. It was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Reynold Wayne. It became a cooperation on January 3, 1977. On January 9, 2007, the word "Computer" was dropped to keep growing the company's expansion into the consumer electronics market. Its first computer was the hand-built, Apple I. It went on sale July 1976 for $666.66.


Post 2:
On April 16, 1977, the Apple II was introduced. This model was different because it came with color graphics and an open architecture. This model also introduced the 5 1/4 floppy disk and interface, the disk II. By the end of the 1970s, Apple had a staff of computer designers. After the Apple II, then the Apple III was introduced in May 1980. The company competed with IBM and Microsoft in the business and corporate computing market. When Apple went public, it generated more capital than any IPO. since and instantly created more millionaires than any company in history.