A report on Apple Inc.

In 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in his parents' home on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California. Although it is widely believed that the company was founded in the house's garage, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called it "a bit of a myth". Jobs and Wozniak did, however, move some operations to the garage when the bedroom became too crowded.

Apple's first product, the Apple I, designed by Steve Wozniak, was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard, monitor, and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and wooden case.

The Apple II Plus, introduced in 1979, designed primarily by Wozniak

The Macintosh, released in 1984, is the first mass-market personal computer to feature an integral graphical user interface and mouse.

The PenLite is Apple's first prototype of a tablet computer. Created in 1992, the project was designed to bring the Mac OS to a tablet – but was canceled in favor of the Newton.

The MacBook Pro, Apple's first laptop with an Intel microprocessor, introduced in 2006

Newly announced iPhone on display at the 2007 MacWorld Expo

Apple customers wait in line around an Apple Store in Shanghai in anticipation of a new product.

Apple Fifth Avenue, the flagship store in New York City

The Genius Bar at Apple's Regent Street store in London

The Apple store in the Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. maintains the building's historic exterior design.

Steve Wozniak and Andy Hertzfeld at the Apple User Group Connection club in 1985

Universities with the most alumni at Apple

PRISM: a clandestine surveillance program under which the NSA collects user data from companies like Facebook and Apple.

American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, software and online services headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States.

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Steve Jobs

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American entrepreneur, industrial designer, business magnate, media proprietor, and investor.

Childhood family home of Steve Jobs on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California, that served as the original site of Apple Computer. The home was added to a list of historic Los Altos sites in 2013.

Jobs's 1972 Homestead High School yearbook photo

Jobs (left) with software developer Wendell Brown in 1984

Jobs onstage at Macworld Conference & Expo, San Francisco, January 11, 2005

Jobs and Bill Gates at the fifth D: All Things Digital conference (D5) in May 2007

Jobs demonstrating the iPhone 4 to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on June 23, 2010

Flags flying at half-staff outside Apple HQ in Cupertino, on the evening of Jobs's death

An Apple II with an external modem, designed primarily by Wozniak

Jobs holding up a MacBook Air at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in 2008

The original iMac, introduced in 1998, was the first consumer-facing Apple product to debut under Jobs's return.

Jobs unveiling the iPhone at MacWorld Conference & Expo on January 9, 2007

Jobs introducing the iPad in San Francisco on January 27, 2010

Jobs's house, as viewed from an adjacent sidewalk. Abundant fruit trees are visible next to the house.

Statue of Jobs at Graphisoft Park, Budapest

He was the co-founder, the chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.

Macintosh

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A prototype of the Macintosh from 1981 (at the Computer History Museum)

The Apple Macintosh Plus at the Design Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden

The Macintosh II, the first Macintosh model with color graphics

The Macintosh SE, updated Compact Macintosh design using Snow White design language

The Macintosh Portable, Apple's first battery-powered Macintosh

The Macintosh LC II with a Macintosh 12" RGB Display.

The iMac G3, introduced in 1998. Though it led Apple's return to profitability, its associated mouse was one of consumers' least favorite products.

The 15-inch late 2016 MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar

The original Macintosh introduced a radically new graphical user interface for personal computers. Users interact with the computer using a metaphorical desktop with icons of real life items, instead of abstract textual commands.

The Macintosh (mainly Mac since 1998) is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. (originally as Apple Computer, Inc.) since January 1984.

IPhone

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First iPhone on display under glass at the January 2007 Macworld show

A comparison of iPhone sizes from the iPhone 5S to the iPhone 12

When making a call, the iPhone presents a number of options, including FaceTime on supported models. The screen is automatically disabled when held close to the face.

Wikipedia on the iPhone Safari web browser in landscape mode

The virtual keyboard on the first generation iPhone touchscreen

iPhone 5S shown with the SIM tray partially ejected and SIM ejector tool in the eject hole.

The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. These devices use Apple's iOS mobile operating system.

MacOS

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Simplified history of Unix-like operating systems

Steve Jobs talks about the transition to Intel processors.

The original Aqua user interface as seen in the Mac OS X Public Beta from 2000

OS X Lion was announced at WWDC 2011 at Moscone West

macOS (previously Mac OS X and later OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

Worldwide Developers Conference

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Attendees wait to enter Moscone West to watch the 2009 keynote address.

The Platforms State of the Union address at WWDC 2017

BT performing at 2006 WWDC Bash held on 1 Infinite Loop Campus

OK Go at 2010 WWDC Bash wearing conference jackets

WWDC 2017 at the San Jose Convention Center

WWDC 2018 at the San Jose Convention Center

The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an information technology conference held annually by Apple Inc. The conference is usually held at Apple Park in California.

IOS

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iPhone (first generation), the first commercially released device running iOS (2007)

Steve Jobs, Apple's then CEO, introducing the iPad.

iOS (formerly iPhone OS ) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.

IPad

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Steve Jobs announcing the first generation of iPad, 2010

The Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil, 2021

The iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple Inc.

IPod

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Various iPod models. From left to right: iPod Video, iPod 4th Generation, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle.

Four iPod wall chargers for North America, all made by Apple. These have FireWire (left) and USB (right three) connectors, which allow iPods to charge without a computer. The units have been miniaturized over time.

iPod quarterly sales. Click for table of data and sources. Note that Q1 is October through December of previous year, the holiday season.

Comparison of iPod Mini (right) and a competitor Creative Zen Micro (left)

The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about 8 1⁄2 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released.

Steve Wozniak

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American electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, inventor, and technology entrepreneur.

Wozniak's 1968 Homestead High School yearbook photo

Wozniak's blue box at the Computer History Museum

Original 1976 Apple 1 computer in a briefcase, from the Sydney Powerhouse Museum collection.

An Apple II computer with an external modem

Wozniak and Macintosh system software designer Andy Hertzfeld at an Apple User Group Connection meeting in 1985

Wozniak at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia, 2012

Wozniak speaking at a conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona in 2017

Paul Allen and Wozniak at the Living Computer Museum in 2017

Wozniak and Joey Slotnick (left), who portrayed him in the 1999 film Pirates of Silicon Valley

Wozniak and then-girlfriend Kathy Griffin in 2008

Wozniak signs a Modbook at Macworld Expo in 2009

In 1976, with business partner Steve Jobs, he co-founded Apple Inc., which later became the world's largest technology company by revenue and the largest company in the world by market capitalization.