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Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs start Apple Computer.
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Apple II is unveiled, the first personal computer in a plastic case with color graphics.
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Apple starts selling the "Lisa," a desktop computer for businesses with a graphical user interface, the system most users are familiar with today.
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Apple debuts the Macintosh personal computer. It is hyped with a dark, stylized commercial in which a heroine takes on Big Brother characters reminiscent of those in George Orwell's novel "1984"
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Jobs leaves Apple in 1985 after a power struggle.
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Apple introduces the PowerBook 100, its first hit portable computer.
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The Newton Message Pad debuts. Apple's first handheld device
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Jobs introduces a new line of Macintosh computers called G3.
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Apple unveils the iMac desktop computer.
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Apple introduces the iPod, a palm-sized, hard-drive-based digital music player.
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Apple announces the iPhone. The device features one button on its smooth face and a virtual keyboard. It also introduces Apple TV, which attracts few buyers.
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Apple begins selling the iPad, a 10-inch touchscreen tablet, and has an 84 percent share of the tablet market by year's end. Researcher iSuppli estimates 12.9 million iPads were shipped as of December 10.
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Apple launches the iPad 2, a sleeker, lighter version of its tablet with a new dual-core processor, two cameras and, for the first time, it comes in either white or black.
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Ipad mini was launched