Monday, May 9, 2016
Wozniak and Jobs: Personal Computers.
What we now know as one of the most valuable companies in the world, Apple, had started off as an idea of two young ambitious engineers from the Los Altos area. At the time computers were designed by the military and large industries. They took up entire rooms and were extremely expensive and difficult to use. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak both shared a vision where the common citizen could afford and use a personal computer. At this time, all of the computers were owned by big industry or the government. Jobs and Wozniak started their mission to create personal computers out of Jobs's garage. In 1976 Jobs and Wozniak start their own computer company called Apple. In 1976 Jobs and Wozniak started manufacturing their own computers out of Jobs's garage, which they sold to the public. This first computer was called the "Apple One". These first computers were sold for $666 which was much more affordable at the time than the massive computers in industry. Apple started seeing success and grew as a company with investors. As more and more products came out their popularity grew. Throughout the 80's other companies jumped in on the personal computer revolution. Wozniak and Jobs's dream came true and almost everyone had some form of personal computing device. Now their dream has become one of the most valuable companies in the world and their products are spread throughout the world.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will forever be engraved in history. Both of them accomplished incredible actions and Steve Wozniak continues today. This year, Wozniak helped to bring Silicon Valley its very first Comic Con! It was a huge success.
ReplyDeleteNice overview! It was kind of funny to see how people really did not think computers were going to be a big thing, and also interesting to see Wozniak and Jobs being interviewed before the success of Apple in the 2000s.
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