BC: All About Apple! | Copyright 2009
FC: All About Apple! By Sarah and Jillian
1: Apple was founded in April of 1976. The founders went by the names of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the men were college drop outs. | They began their career by making boxes, which allowed free long-distance phone calls.
2: Apple officially became incorporated in 1977. They converted to public ownership in 1980. In 1982, Apple became the first personal computer company to reach $1 billion in annual sales. The PowerBook Line of notebook was released in 1991. Power Macintosh was released in 1994. In 1998 the all-in-one iMac was released. Finally, in 2000, Jobs became CEO of Apple.
3: When Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple, they had only $1,300.00. This came as an amazement to most people, being that this was such a small amount of money for, what is now, such a large company. | The first Apple computer was born after Wozniak had been experimenting on another box, which became known as the Apple 1 computer. Successfully, they sold 200 computers at the price of $666 each.
4: Only a year after the Apple I was born, the new and improved Apple II was already on its way. This computer was the first personal computer to come in a plastic case and have color graphics. This increased Apple sales by and enormous amount. The Apple II also came with and Apple Disk II, which helped the sales increase even more.
5: The iPod was one of Apple's most successful accomplishments. It started with the iPod Scroll wheel in 2001. This was a 5 GB iPod. As the years went on, the iPod became more and more complex. Their space capacity also increased. Soon the iPod had a touch wheel, and a wide variety of color displays. To this day, the iPod is still progressing in its success and is very popular.
6: The iPod touch is the most complex of all the iPods. It was ,and still is, one of Apple's most popular products. With this product, users can complete commands, listen to music, and search the web with the touch of a finger. It was invented in 2007 and its sales have increased daily since then.
7: Apple ,in general, has made much progression and has become extremely successful throughout the years. With products such as computers, laptops, and iPods Apple is one of the largest electronic producers in the world!