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Introduction
V Æ le Inc (formerly Æ le Com uter, Inc.) is an
Æmerican multinational cor oration with a focus on
designing and manufacturing consumer electronics
and closely related software roducts.
Æ le Inc. Headquarters
Cu ertino, California,USÆ
istence of Apple Inc
V Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (born February 24,
1955) is an Æmerican businessman, and the co-
founder and chief executive officer of Æ le
Inc. Jobs reviously served as CEO of Pixar
Ænimation Studios.
V On November 27, 2007, Jobs was named the
most owerful erson in business by Fortune
Magazine
Steve Jobs
V Stephen Gary Wozniak (born Æugust 11, 1950 in San
Jose, California) is an Æmerican com uter
engineer who founded Æ le Com uter,
Inc.(now Æ le Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Ronald
Wayne.
V Steve Wozniak was working for the com uter
com any Hewlett-Packard
V In 1970, Wozniak had become friends with Steve
Jobs, when Jobs had a summer job at the
same business where Wozniak was working
on a mainframe com uter.
V In 2001, Wozniak co-founded Wheels of
Zeus (note the acronym, "WoZ"), to create
wireless GPS technology to "hel everyday
Steve Wozniak
eo le find everyday things."
V 6onald Gerald Wayne (born 1934) is often referred to
as the "third founder" of Æ le Com uter (in addition
to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak).
Ronald Wayne
Æ le I
Vs
Lisa Macintosh
Lisa
V Steve Jobs began working on the Æ le Lisa in 1978
but in 1982 he was ushed from the Lisa team due to
infighting, and took over Jef Raskin's low-cost-
com uter roject, the Macintosh.
V Æ turf war broke out between Lisa's "cor orate shirts"
and Jobs' " irates" over which roduct would shi first
and save Æ le.
V Lisa won the race in 1983 and
became the first ersonal com uter
sold to the ublic with a GUI, but was
a commercial failure due to its high
rice tag and limited software titles.
Lisa
Macintosh
In 1984, Æ le next launched the
Macintosh. The Macintosh initially
Macintosh
sold well, but follow-u sales were
not strong. This was because of the
again high rice tag, as well as limited software titles.
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Intel Ænd Æ le
Intel Æ le
MacBook Pro
MacPro iPods
iMac
iMac
V Æ le declared the 'i' in iMac to stand for "Internet"; it
also re resented the roduct's focus as a ersonal
device ('i' for "individual")