1979

*January 2: Software Arts is founded to develop VisiCalc for the Apple II computer.
*February: Eurapple is acquired by Apple Computer from Andre Sousan to become its first international sales division.
*February: Burrell Smith joins Apple Computer as employee #282.
*March 26: Charles Mauro is issued a badge as Apple Computer employee #57, despite being hired about 10 months earlier.
*April 30: Joe Shelton joins Apple Computer as employee #345.
*May: The Apple II is discontinued.
*June: The Apple II plus is released.
*August 6: Andy Hertzfeld joins Apple Computer as employee #435.
* Jef Raskin starts a project at Apple Computer for a computer somewhat like the Apple Lisa but in a smaller form factor and working with a small amount of memory, therefore appropriate to have a price less than half of that of the Apple Lisa, codenamed "Macintosh".