Apple Inc History

Apple Inc. is a multinational company that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products, best known for its hardware products that include Macintosh computers, iPods and the iPhone. For users of different computers, the company has defined the PC industry through technological innovation, and has changed the perception of personal computing. Since 1976, the company has reinvented itself several times as it has developed and improved the Macintosh, which relate to the world of the computer every time you did. Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple after its introduction in 1984. Now, we will make a historic journey and learn how evolution has led to the revolution Apple Mac Apple The money was like a circuit board assembly, it lacks basic features such as a keyboard, monitor, and case law. E 'was sold as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM chips, and basic video-text) is less than what is today considered a complete personal computer. Apple I was sold in July 1976 and was the market price of 666 dollars. 66. Apple II, was introduced April 16, 1977 and differs from its main rivals, the TRS-80 and Commodore PET, because it came with color graphics and open architecture. While early models used ordinary cassette storage devices have been replaced with the introduction of a 5 1 / 4 inch floppy drive and interface, the disk II. Apple LisaWith a price of $ 10,000, was released in 1981 and remembered as one of the most disappointing Apple. It was a more advanced system than the Macintosh of the day in many ways, its inclusion as protected memory, cooperative multitasking, a generally more sophisticated hard disk based operating system on a high-screensaver, an advanced calculator with paper tape and RPN, support for up to 2 MB of RAM, expansion slots and a higher resolution display higher. Mac 128KApple launched the Macintosh in a famous 1984 Super Bowl with a beige box that contains a 9-inch screen and comes with a keyboard and a mouse. There was a sale price of $ 2495. Has 8 MHz Motorola 68000 microprocessor, 128 Kbytes of DRAM memory, 64 KB ROM chip, which increases the actual memory to 192 KB. Mac IIRetailing base price for U.S. $ 3,898 (for single CPU), the Macintosh II was the first model "building blocks" of the Macintosh, so named because it came in a case like many horizontal desktop PC at the moment. He introduced the space for an internal hard drive (originally 20 MB or 40 MB) and a second optional floppy drive. PortableIt Mac was Apple's first attempt to do a lot of portable Macintosh computers, which had the power of a desktop Macintosh. It was released in September 1989 and welcomed with enthusiasm by many critics, but with very poor sales to consumers. Priced at $ 6500, offered a B & W screen active-matrix LCD, ergonomic keyboard, trackball and battery lead acid 10 hours. He used expensive SRAM in an effort to maximize battery life and provide an instant "to" low-power sleep mode. The 20th anniversary Mact celebrate its 20th birthday, January 7, 1997 Apple introduced the limited edition of the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. At $ 7499 the MNT 603 including a 250 MHz processor, 12. 1 "active-matrix LCD with 2 MB VRAM, 4x CD-ROM drive, 2 GB ATA hard drive, mounted vertically Apple SuperDrive, and a TV / FM, S-Video card and a custom-made Bose sound system. It has a trackpad instead of a mouse, which can be detached from the keyboard if you wish. When not needed, the keyboard can slide under the head of TAM, leaving exposed the trackpad for permanent access. iMacIntroduced in 1998, the iMac is a line of all-in-One desktop Macintosh. The original form of all, the iMac G3 is egg-shaped with a CRT monitor, identified by color, translucent plastic. In the second revision, the iMac G4, moved to the design of a hemispherical base containing all the main components and an LCD monitor on one arm to move freely attached to the top of the base. The iMac G5 and iMac Intel put all the components directly behind the screen, creating a slim design which tilts up and down on a simple metal base. Earlier this year, Apple has updated its offer for the iMac with the NVIDIA chipset and the new Mini DisplayPort. MacBook Airon 15 January 2008, the company launched its ultraportable MacBook Air, a computer that the company billed as the world's thinnest notebook, offered at $ 1799. Sporting a silvery finish, the MacBook Air has a 13. 3-inch widescreen LED-backlit, which has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It weighs about 3 pounds and sports a thickness of 0. 16-0. 76 inches. He is 12. 8 inches in width and 8. 95 cm deep. Several features have been sacrificed to reduce the size of the computer and weight. It 'the first Apple notebook since the PowerBook 2400c without a built-in removable media. Omitted a FireWire port, Ethernet port, line in and one slot for Kensington security cards. The battery is internal, nonremovable user RAM is soldered on the motherboard. A speaker is included for the mono sound. It was revised once since the original version.