{"id":547339,"date":"2015-01-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.ired.gr\/blog\/apple-magic-history\/"},"modified":"2015-01-08T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:00:00","slug":"apple-magic-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ired.gr\/en\/blog\/apple-magic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A magical journey through 10 historic Apple moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company Apple Inc.<\/strong> (until January 9, 2007 Apple Computer Inc.), known to most people as Apple,<\/strong> is a multinational technology company, based in Cupertino<\/strong>  California, which designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, software, online services and computers. <\/p>\n

We briefly mention the most well-known ones for the sake of this article, such as the computers of the Macintosh,<\/strong> the operating system OS X,<\/strong> the portable media player iPod,<\/strong> The iPhone<\/strong> and the much-discussed iPad.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Today we will take you to magical world<\/strong> the history of the Apple,<\/strong> making a few stops at important dates in the past. If you have the belts on, we're off.<\/p>\n

Our first destination is the garage of the Jobs house, in the year 1976.<\/em><\/p>\n

Establishment of Apple Computers<\/h3>\n

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O Steve jobs<\/strong> a 21-year-old student dropped out of college and returned to his parents in Los Altos<\/strong> California. He and his two friends, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak, almost daily, would hang out at the in the garage of his house,<\/strong> with the hours. <\/p>\n

You'd think they were creating their own rock band.<\/strong> This was of course not the case. The three young men had other plans in mind. It should be mentioned that the Jobs <\/strong>and Wayne,<\/strong> were already partners in the video game company Atari,<\/strong> while the oldest (26 years old) Wozniak,<\/strong> worked at Hewlett-Packard. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The three friends in that garage founded the company Apple Computers,<\/strong> on 1 April 1976. And while the Jobs<\/strong> and the Wozniak<\/strong> continued their efforts to ensure that the vision apple computer<\/strong> to become a reality, Wayne left the company, then selling his share for $800,<\/strong> three months after its establishment.<\/p>\n

Presentation of Apple I<\/h3>\n

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The first computer from Apple Computer, by hand<\/strong> Steve Wozniak, created in his parents' garage Steve Jobs,<\/strong> and made its first presentation at the Homebrew Computer Club<\/strong> of Palo Alto in 1976. The processing power of the Apple I,<\/strong> was similar to a wooden pocket computer.<\/p>\n

From the Apple I,<\/strong> the keyboard, the monitor, the mouse and the hard disk were missing. However, the first micro-computer<\/strong> in history, which, connected to a keyboard and a screen, could display text without the need for additional circuitry. This machine was really a huge step<\/strong> against the competition of the time.<\/p>\n

The accessories package Apple I, <\/strong>sold 666 dollars<\/strong> (no connection with the antichrist), just the Wozniak <\/strong>played with repeating digits. Sold over 200 packages<\/strong> by Byte Shop, the world's first technology store chain. Who made the Agreement<\/strong> I wonder? <\/p>\n

In 1999 the Apple I sealed, was anointed as the most collectible PC<\/strong> of all time - a lucky technology enthusiast, gave for its acquisition $ 50.000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The vehicle of time takes off again to the year 1984 and the company's annual shareholders' meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

The dawn of the Mac computer<\/h3>\n

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Steve Jobs presented the Macintosh<\/strong> at the company's annual shareholders' meeting on 24 January 1984. It really became a panic of excitement. The retail price of the computer $2,495. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Macintosh was really the first computer<\/strong> accessible to the simple user, with a lot of features for the time such as user interface, folders, icons etc.<\/p>\n

It is worth mentioning that he was also the most spectacular presentation<\/strong> electronic device worldwide. <\/p>\n

The advertisement that was shown for the first time<\/strong> during the Super Bowl<\/strong>, destined to go down in history. The well-known director of the time Ridley Scott,<\/strong> introduces the Mac to the public with a Orwellian capture<\/strong> advertising campaign. <\/p>\n

The tagline<\/strong> of the ad: Apple is for non-conformists!<\/p>\n

The third stop on our magical journey is an unfortunate moment in Apple's history, almost a year later. <\/em><\/p>\n

The return of Steve Jobs<\/h3>\n

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\"In those years he was completely out of control.\" with this phrase,<\/strong> board member, explained their decision to fire the board's Steve Jobs<\/strong> in 1985. And that was the reality. Steve Jobs<\/strong> he may have been brilliant, but he was a bad partner. When he'd get an idea Alas<\/strong> to anyone who disagreed. <\/p>\n

Even the former CEO of Pepsi John Sculley,<\/strong> who joined Apple, essentially playing the role of \"babysitter\"<\/strong> Jobs, he could not work with \"fanatic fan.\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact the Sculley<\/strong> it was he who initiated his overthrow. To tell you the truth, their relationship did not start well.<\/strong> Jobs had invited Sculley to join the company with the phrase \"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water to children or do you want to have a chance to change the world? <\/p>\n

In 1997 with the company to operates at a loss<\/strong> and Windows 95 selling like crazy, Apple's board of directors decided that what the company needed was a \"fanatical fan.\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

In August of the same year Steve Jobs<\/strong> shall resume the composition of the Governing Board as CEO<\/strong> - in the first instance as a temporary one. The Fortune<\/strong> at that time he writes that he came back very different from what he was when he left and was only interested in creating beautiful objects,<\/strong> thus praising the triumphant return of its co-founder.<\/p>\n

Then the Steve Jobs<\/strong> was one of the most valuable assets <\/strong>of the company. In 2009 after the news of his health problem and the forced sick leave for medical reasons,<\/strong> the company's stock fell almost 10%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We continue our journey, this time our destination is the year 1998.<\/em><\/p>\n

The look and feel of iMac<\/h3>\n

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O known to this day, iMac,<\/strong> first presented in 1998 with two important<\/strong> features that quickly made it America's most popular computer. <\/p>\n

First, a autonomous<\/strong> electronic unit without the need for setup by the user and with a handle that was very useful for moving around. Secondly, it had amazing<\/strong> for the season appearance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At that time, the shelves of technology stores were flooded with m\u03c0\u03b5\u03b6 computer.<\/strong> The truly impressive iMac<\/strong> with the translucent<\/strong> his body, he stood out and stole the Look<\/strong> to users who did not know and many <\/strong>by computers. <\/p>\n

Before the first model is out of time, Steve Jobs<\/strong> releases its second edition in 5 bright colours.<\/strong> In the first week of the new iMac,<\/strong> the company reported a quarterly profit, three times more<\/strong> than the entire previous year.<\/p>\n

Two years later, Steve Jobs' skills were highlighted, developing NeXT. Yes, that's where we're heading for the details, the year 2001.  <\/em><\/p>\n

The release of Mac OS X (Cheetah)<\/h3>\n

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During the period that the Steve Jobs<\/strong> was out of Apple and working for NeXT<\/strong> the other company he had founded, acquiring new skills.<\/strong> One of them was to be to prove <\/strong>important. It is about capturing the functional Mac OS X,<\/strong> that we know to date. <\/p>\n

With a release date of March 2001,<\/strong> the operating system based on Unix - foreshadowed<\/strong> for a new era of programming open source,<\/strong> which made competitors such as Microsoft,<\/strong> to be alarmed. The OS X<\/strong> was an operating system almost immune to crashes,<\/strong> stable, fast, easy to handle, where it would become one of the most important reasons<\/strong> in the next few years, someone to buy a Mac.<\/p>\n

The sixth destination is the beginning of a frenetic mania to acquire Apple products.  <\/em><\/p>\n

The mania for acquiring the iPod<\/h3>\n