1. The History of Apple Computers
By
Ryan Winters
Jaymin Amin
Keith Johnson-Rwamafa

2. An introduction
• The story of Apple starts in 1976
• Apple were the first company to release a
home computer
• Apple is now a multinational corporation
that creates:
- Consumer electronics
- Computer software
- Commercial servers

3. Founder of Apple Inc
• The founder Steve
Wozniak; a brilliant
engineer, who
developed his own
computer at home
which was the first
of it’s kind

4. Steve Jobs
• Steve jobs (a good
friend of Wozniak’s)
was also interested in
computers and urged
Wozniak to sell his new
home computer
• Jobs and Wozniak
decided to go into
business April 1st 1976
as ‘Apple Computers
Inc’

5. The Apple I
• Released April 1st 1976
• This computer was the first to use a keyboard
and could be connected to a T.V screen which
was to start a revolution

6. Apple II (April 16 – 1977)
• The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer; one of the first highly successful
mass-produced microcomputers
• Designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computers
• The Apple II was a huge success in the home and in businesses

7. Investors
• Steve Jobs invited venture capitalists to
invest in new fledgling of the company
• After much frustration eventually secured
funding to mass produce the Apple II
• The injection of cash enabled Apple to
become the biggest computer company of
the early 80’s

8. Apple III
• The Apple III was a business-oriented personal computer that
was intended as the successor to the Apple II series, but
largely considered a failure in the market

9. The search for innovation
• In the search for innovation Steve jobs took a team of
Apple staff to Xerox PARC (Palo Research Centre)
• Here they were given a glimpse at the future and
explored completely new approaches to computing

10. The Apple Lisa
• Development of the Lisa
began in 1978 and was
released in 1983
• The first computer to use a
Graphical User Interface
(GUI) i.e. the use of a
mouse to select on screen
buttons
• Targeted toward business
customers
• It was expensive and didn’t
sell

11. The Macintosh
• Released in 1984
• Although not as successful as Apple predicted, it soon
became popular with anyone who needed an easy to
use computer with a mouse and a graphical interface

12. The Macintosh II
• In 1987 the Mac II was the first computer to have computer graphics
• A basic system with 20 MB drive and monitor cost about $5200
• A complete color-capable system could cost as much as $10,000
once the cost of the color monitor, video card, hard disk, keyboard
and RAM were added.

13. The Macintosh Portable
• In 1989 the Macintosh Portable was Apple’s
first attempt at building a portable computer.

14. The PowerBook 100
• In 1991 the PowerBook 100 became the
worlds first modern laptop

15. Quadra 950
• The Macintosh
Quadra 950 was the
third desktop
computer in Apple
Computer's ‘Quadra’
line
• It was the most
powerful Mac of its
time with a MC68000
based processor

16. The PowerMac 6100
• Power Macintosh 6100 was first introduced in 1994
• Apple switch from using the Motorola 6800 processors to the Power
PC chip
• The PowerMac 6100 was the first Mac to use the new Power PC
chip

17. The iMac
• The Original iMac was a revolutionary computer
• The traditional computer tower was integrated into the monitor
• It was introduced in 1984 and has since evolved through five
distinct forms

18. iPod
• In 2001 Apple released the
iPod
• The iPod is the most popular
selling mp3 player in world
• To date, there have been six
generations of the iPod, as
well as a spin-off (the iPod
Photo) that was later re-
integrated into the main iPod
line
• Part of the iPod’s success
was that it worked with
Apples own iTunes software

19. iTunes
• In 2003 the iTunes music store was launched for
both Mac & Windows
• This online music store allowed people to easily
and legally buy songs over the internet for the first
time

20. Processors
• In 2005 Steve Jobs
dropped a bomb shell;
after 11 years Apple was
moving away from the
Power PC family of
microprocessors and
switching to Intel
processors
• Intel make the processors
in all Macs since 2006

21. The iMac’s
• In 2006 when the first Intel iMac launched, it was clear that
Apple had made a good choice
• IBM had failed to keep pace with it’s Power PC G5 chip. The
new core2 duo chips were vastly superior for performance

22. Intel Mac’s running windows
• This switch of processor chips also gave rise to an interesting new
feature for Mac hardware, the ability to run windows
• The ability to run older Mac OS 9 software was removed

23. The iPhone
• The iPhone was widely rumored before its launch in 2007
• Used the same operating system as the Mac
• Multi touch display to control it
• Amazing internet experience on a phone
• The iPhone has became the worlds most popular phone

24. The iPad
• In 2010 Apple announced the iPad
• A new class of device that fits between a smart phone and a full computer,
allowing an unparalleled internet experience and great applications
designed specifically for multi touch
• The worlds most popular electronic tablet

25. Mac Line-up 2012

26. Apple overview
• Since its beginnings in 1976 Apple have evolved into one of the biggest
computer companies
• They produce the world’s most popular phones and music players
• Sell millions of songs and videos
• Produce the world’s best engineered and most elegantly designed
computers, all running on the world’s most advanced operating system