Final Group ProjectTimeline of Apple

Computers

ITECH 1001-17 Marquitta Martin

Dr. Sonal Dekhane Sahil Datta

December 3, 2007

Timeline of the Apple Computers (History, Present,&

Future) Today we are going to discuss the history of

the Apple Computer. We will take you from the beginning which

was in 1976 through the present 2007. We will also discuss the prediction of the near

future and new Apple Computer products to be released.

The Beginning “1976” Steven Paul Jobs, Stephen Gary Wozniak and

Ronald Gerald Wayne founded Apple Computer.

In 1976, Ronald Wayne resigns from Apple Computer with only a one time payment of $80.

Hewlett Packard grants Gary Wozniak the permission to create the Apple I.

History of “1977” This was the year that Apple was incorporated. Rob Janov designs the Logo which is still used

today.

History of “1977” Mark Makula invests $92,000 in the company Michael Scott becomes the first President of

Apple. The Apple I is released for $1,295.

History of “1978” Apple and Xerox sign an invest agreement. Xerox invest one million dollars in Apple

stocks. Apple engineers were allowed to study

Xerox’s PARC’s graphical user interface. The PARC operating system was the 1st OS

for the public market with GUI. It was commercially unsuccessful.

History of “1979” Jef Raskin worked on a computer concept

involving: Design Implementation philosophy Human usability over execution & speed

Raskin named his concept after his favorite type of apples: McIntosh.

History of “1979” Apple begins working on Lisa, originally a

$2000 business computer.

History of “1980” Apple goes public. Stocks’ value increases by 1700%. The new Apple is released. Apple sold it for $4340 to $7800 depending

on the configuration.

History of “1981-1982” Steve Wozniak is injured in a plane & takes time off

from Apple and does not return to the Macintosh project.

Michael Scott resigns as president of Apple. Mike Markkula succeeds Scott. The Lisa’s development is officially finished. Apple Computer, Inc. & Apple Corps (recording

company of the Beatles) enter a secret agreement.

History of “1983 – 1984” The Lisa is released. Apple becomes the fastest growing company

in history. John Sculley, former president of Pepsi Co.,

becomes president & CEO of Apple Computer, Inc.

The Macintosh is released-retailing for $2495.

History of “1985 – 1986” Apple lays off 1200 employees. Stephen Jobs officially resigns as chairman of

Apple. Apple sues Steve Jobs. Apple drops suit against Jobs & he founded

NeXT, Inc.

History of “1985 – 1986” Apple tries to make Mac more attractive by releasing

“Macintosh Office”.

History of “1987 – 1988” Apple’s 10th Anniversary. The Mac SE & the Mac II are introduced. Apple sues Microsoft & Hewlett Packard

accusing them of violating copyrights of Apple.

History of “1989 – 1990” Apple Corps sues Apple Computer accusing it

of violating the terms of the agreement in 1981 by producing synthesized music.

History of “1991 – 1992” IBM, Motorola & Apple form an alliance. Apple Computer, Inc. pays Apple Corps

$26.5 million. The lawsuit between the two is settled.

History of “1993 – 1994” Michael Spindler replaces Sculley as CEO. Sculley resigns as chairman of Apple. Apple releases the first PDA (Newton

Message Pad).

History of “1993 – 1994” Release of 1st Power Macintosh desktop computer

& system 7.5 Apple starts licensing the MacOS. Apple announces Pippin, a multimedia system

History of “1995 – 1996” Apples’ 20th Anniversary. The PowerPC 603e is announced

Apple Computer, Inc. takes over NeXT Computer, Inc. for $430 million.

History of “1997 – 1998” Jobs returns to Apple due to the NeXT

Computer, Inc. Apple starts buying back all licenses from

Mac-clone manufacturers. The Power Macintosh G3 & The Apple Store

are introduced at “Apple Event”. The iMac becomes the fastest selling PC in

history, being reordered over 150,000 times.

History of “1999 – 2000” Jobs becomes permanent CEO. Chief sales executive Mitch Mandich steps

down. Power Mac Cube

History of “2001 – 2002” Opens first Apple retail store in McLean, VA. Apple acquires fire wire company Zayante. Former executive John Couch returns. Larry Elisson resigns from Apple board. iPod, OS X , iMac G4 all introduced.

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History of “2003 – 2004” iTunes music store opens. Tibco sues Apple over trademark. Apple launches iTunes Canada. iMac G5

History of “2005 – 2006” Raskin dies at 61. Software development Avie Tavanian leaves. Video iPod launched & 1 million videos sold from

iTunes.

Present “2007” January of 2007 Apple dropped “Computer

from its corporate name. Apple employs over 20,000 permanent &

temporary employees currently. Worldwide annual sales in its fiscal year 2007

(ending September 29, 2007) are US $24.01 billion.

Present “2007” The Apple iPhone was

released on June 29, 2007.

It is a multimedia, internet phone and has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons.

Present “2007” On October 26, 2007 Apple released a new

operating system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. It is a Unix based operating system.

Present “2007” The recently released iPod Touch has all the capabilities of the

iPhone except it can’t be used as a phone.

Present “2007” Google released beta version of Google gadgets for

Mac. Google Gadgets are mini applications similar to

Apple's own Dashboard Widgets Google's Gadgets for Mac are now integrated and

installable into Apple's Dashboard in Mac OS X. This makes them functionally indistinguishable from

Dashboard Widgets.Google Gadgets comes integrated with Google Desktop, a desktop search application also available from Google.

Future Products of Apple Inc.

Rumors are floating around that a new Mac book will be released in early 2008.

The new ultra portable Mac Books are to be aluminum clad, 50% lighter and "strikingly slimmer" to the existing 15" Mac Book. They are also expected to incorporate NAND Flash memory to improve battery life and boot times.

Future Products of Apple Inc.

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson confirmed that the 3G version of the iPhone would be made available in 2008.

Steve Jobs stated that a 3G iPhone is coming, but that the delay is due to excessive battery life consumption with existing 3G chipsets.

The iPhone presently uses the EDGE network for its data connectivity.

Group Activity Log 11-01-07 Marquitta & Sahil decided to be partners. 11-04-07 Marquitta & Sahil received email from

Professor Dekhane with approval of their topic of choice.

11-08-07 Marquitta & Sahil briefly discussed what kind of research is needed. 11-20-07 Marquitta & Sahil agree to research over the Thanksgiving Holiday and bring research to one another on 11-27-07.

…..Group Activity Log 11-29-07 Marquitta & Sahil agreed on what

research to use. 11-29-07 Sahil emailed Marquitta the

research and Marquitta organized power point slides.

Marquitta emailed power point to back Sahil for revisions.

Power Point completed & ready to submit.

References www.theapplemuseum.com www.applecodenames.com www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/ http://.phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix