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Title: The History of


1
  • The History of
  • Apple
  • Computers

2
Apple I
  • Sold as a motherboard
  • Not a whole computer by todays standards
  • Homebrew Computer Club
  • Needed 2 AC input voltages

3
Apple II
  • April 17, 1977
  • West Coast Computer Faire
  • Market Leader
  • Cassette tape storage to 5 ½ floppy disk
  • Visicalc spreadsheet software program

4
Apple III
  • May 1980
  • Many recalled due to omittion of the cooling
    fan
  • Competed against IBM PC and MS-DOS

5
Apple Lisa
  • Based on Alto Computer
  • First computer with a GUI
  • Failed because of high price and because of
    limited software options

6
Apple Macintosh
  • Offered the LaserWriter printer
  • Offered desktop publishing
  • Offered advanced graphics
  • Sold better than Lisa

7
Apple Macintosh Portable
  • Introduced in 1989
  • Bulky and Large
  • Very unsuccessful at time of introduction

8
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

9
Apple Quicktake Digital Camera
  • Released in 1997
  • One of the first digital cameras
  • Very unsuccessful

10
Apple Power Macintosh Line
  • Attempt to regain a position in the competitive
    computer market
  • Used IBMs Power PC Processor
  • OS rewritten so that older Macs could still run
    on these programs

11
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

12
Apple iPod
  • November 10, 2001
  • Apples first digital audio player
  • Introduced the itunes store to download
    compatable iPod music

13
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
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