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History of Apple Inc.
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(previously known as Apple Computer, Inc.)
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In 1976, friends Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak quit their jobs and moved into Steve's garage in Cupertino, CA. Here they came up with the idea of creating an inexpensive and user-friendly computer. Wozniak being the engineer had been working on an encased circuit board which included switches with flashing lights. Jobs insisted that he and Wozniak try to sell this play toy for computer hobbyists which they called the Apple I. That day the Apple Computer was born and the rest, as they say, is history.
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/Early successes/
/The Apple Inc. is established/
/Progress in the 1990s/
/Failure/
/Apple Interactive Television Box/
/Apple Pippin/
/Platform Wars/
/Disadvantages of closed hardware/
/Hamstrung by an Established User Base/
/2000s resurgence/
/Smartphone revolution/
/After Jobs/
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