HISTORY

Of

Macintosh . Apple . SteveJobs

By joel chew
 Steve Jobs is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and Pixar.

 Steve Jobs was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Joanne

Simpson and an Egyptian Arab father.

 Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Santa Clara

County, California then adopted him.

 Steve Jobs had a deep-seated interest in technology so he

took up a job at Atari Inc. which was a leading
manufacturer of video games.
 Jobs moved back to California before embarking on a
spiritual journey to India.

 Not long after returning to California, Jobs and Steve

Wozniak founded Apple Computers.

 Apple, Inc. went public in 1980 with the success of the

Apple II personal computer.

 Steve Jobs was appointed Disney's board of director in 2006

after the company purchased Pixar Animation Studios.
 History of Macintosh

The Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of

personal computers designed, developed, and
marketed by Apple Inc.

It was the first commercially successful personal

computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user
interface rather than a command-line interface
History of Macintosh
 History of Macintosh
1979 to 1984: Development - The Macintosh project started
in the late 1970s with Jef Raskin

1984: Introduction - The first Macintosh was introduced

on January 24, 1984

1985 to 1989: Desktop publishing era - In 1985, the

combination of the Mac, Apple’s LaserWriter printer,
and Mac-specific software like Boston Software’s
MacPublisher and Aldus PageMaker enabled users to
design, preview, and print page layouts complete with
text and graphics
 History of Macintosh
1998 to 2005: New beginnings - In 1998, Apple introduced
an all-in-one Macintosh called the iMac.
2006 Intel era - On April 5, 2006 Apple announced the
public beta availability of their own Boot Camp
software which will allow owners of Intel-based Macs
to install Windows XP on their machines; later versions
added support for Windows Vista.
2008 onwards - In recent years, Apple has seen a
significant boost in sales of Macs due to the success of
the iPod, a halo effect whereby satisfied iPod owners
purchase more Apple equipment.
 History of Macintosh
Main article: Timeline of Macintosh models
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By joel chew