Timeline: Apple VS Microsoft Pablo Erazo | Timetoast

Apr 22, 1968

Seteve Jobs and Steve Wozniack met
May 4, 1975

Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates
Apr 1, 1976

Apple is founded

Steve Jobs and Wozniack founded apple and started with little projects
May 22, 1985

Steve Jobs looses his place as boss as Apple
Oct 24, 1985

Apple allow Microsoft to use one of the Machintosh
Nov 20, 1985

Microsoft releases Windows 1.0
Jan 2, 1987

Apple releases Mac II
Dec 9, 1987

Microsoft realeases Windows 2.0
Aug 1, 1989

Microsoft releases its first office suite (Microsoft Office)
May 22, 1990

Between 1990 and 1992 Microsoft released Windows 3.0 and 3.1

Microsoft started licensing their softwares to have copyright and stop companies that want to clone microsoft software
Mar 14, 1994

Apple releases the first Power Macintosh
Jun 1, 1994

Apple releases System 7.5
Oct 1, 1996

Apple releases System 7.5.5
Dec 2, 1996

Apple takes over NeXt by 430 millions

NeXt and Pixar founded by Steve Jobs are acquired
Jan 24, 1997

Apple release Mac OS 7.6
Jan 26, 1997

Steve Jobs came back

After 12 years, Steve Jobs is resigned as boss of Apple Co. because of the acquirement of Next
Jul 22, 1997

Apple releases Mac OS 8
Aug 1, 1997

Treat between Microsoft and Apple

Steve Jobs announces product and technology development agreement between Microsoft and Apple
Nov 11, 1997

Apple releases the Power Macintoch G3 and the Apple Store
Oct 15, 1998

Apple releases Power Book G3 and I Mac became the fastest selling computer in history
Oct 15, 1998

Apple releases Mac OS 8.5
Nov 5, 1999

Apple releases Mac OS 9
Mar 24, 2001

Apple releases Mac OS X
May 31, 2001

Microsoft releases te Windows XP,one of the most used softwares in the world

Between that software and Windows Vista, almost every computer had Windows XP operating system
Sep 25, 2001

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)
Oct 23, 2001

Apple announces the Ipod and Itunes 2
Jul 17, 2002

Apple releases LCD IMac 17", 20 GB Ipod, ITunes 3 and Mac OS X 10.2
Jul 12, 2004

Apple announces 100 million songs downloaded making it the more succesful music market online
Apr 29, 2005

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Jan 3, 2006

Apple releases the MacBook Pro
Jan 9, 2007

Appple introduces the Iphone
Jan 30, 2007

Microsoft launches Windows Vista
Oct 26, 2007

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Aug 28, 2009

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Oct 22, 2009

Windows 7
Jan 27, 2010

Apple introduces the Ipad
Jun 7, 2010

Apple releases the Iphone 4
Feb 2, 2011

Apple introduces the Ipad 2
Jun 6, 2011

Apple releases Mac OS X Lion and IOS 5 with ICloud
May 22, 2014

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