history of apple company
Apple Inc. , formerly Apple Computer, Inc. , is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics, personal computers, computer software, and commercial servers, and is a digital distributor of media content. The company also has a chain of retail stores known as Apple Stores.
Apple was incorporated January 3, 1977 without Wayne, who sold his share of the company back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800. Mike Markkula provided essential business expertise and funding of $250,000 during the incorporation of Apple.
Apple Computer Inc. was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell the Apple I personal computer kits hand-built by Wozniak He had first shown them to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club. The Apple I was sold as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips.
With the introduction of the successful iPod music player in 2001 and iTunes Music Store in 2003, Apple established itself as a leader in the consumer electronics and media sales industries, leading it to drop Computer from the company's name in 2007.
In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh. Its debut was announced by a famous $1.5 million television commercial, 1984 that aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, and is now considered a landmark in Apple's history and an advertising masterpiece.