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Saturday, May 22, 2021
Small idea big idea
Apple Computer was
founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Steve Jobs
attended Reed University and left early. Steve Wozniak had an Electrical
Engineering background and designed both the Apple I and Apple II. Ronald
Wayne was in the computer industry and served in an advisory role to both Jobs
and Wozniak. Wayne was later bought out from his role in the company. To think
all this started in a garage in and around what is today called Silicon
Valley. Small beginnings with lofty goals. As Apple Computer progressed we've
been introduced to some of the most innovative products in tech and not just
the hardware but how we use the hardware. One of the earliest computers to use
a GUI - Graphical User Interface, was called the Xerox Alto. The Xerox Alto
became one of the first, if not the first all in one computer with a GUI.
Although they were big and bulky it gave all those who experienced it an idea
of
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So we go from an idea of a computer being designed and built in a garage, to a
computer the size of an iPhone and everything in between. Like I mentioned
earlier we are not even going to scratch the surface and there is lots in
between. Oh! And I haven't even mentioned the internet. Apple started small,
kept building, kept innovating and kept growing. I remember going back to the
Commodore 64 and a tape cassette drive. Commodore 64 was not an Apple
Computer. Commodore 64 is command line entry and so were the early Apple
computers. My first introduction to an Apple product was an Apple IIe with a
Dot matrix printer. Then the Macintosh line of computers brought the GUI to
life and most computing hasn't looked back. I remember having a Macintosh as a
Senior in High School and using it for writing papers and essays. Later on,
Apple introduced the
iMac. The Bondi Blue
iMac was designed with something new in mind. The
iMac had internet
capability and could surf the web or what was called the World Wide Web or
internet. We use Apple Computer products in all varieties, and although we
haven't even scratched the surface of Apple Computers within this write up,
we've skimmed a bit. The main concept is that Apple certainly had a big idea,
but started small.
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