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History of Apple, Inc.

  • The First Apple Computer Was Born

  • Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show

  • Jobs began working with the Macintosh

  • Apple III was released

  • IBM released its first PC

  • John Sculley became President and CEO of Apple

  • During the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Apple aired its infamous 60 second commercial introducing the Macintosh

  • Apple introduced the Mac II

  • Apple released its first generation of PowerBooks

  • Michael Spindler becomes CEO of Apple

  • Spindler was asked to resign as CEO and was replaced by Gil Amelio, the former president of National Semiconductor

  • Amelio seperated the company into pieces, each responsible for its own profit or loss. This plan failed.

  • Apple announced the resignation of Gil Amelio. Steve Jobs was given an "expanded role" at Apple for the interim.

  • Apple released the iMac, an entirely new Mac design. The iMac was the best selling computer in the nation for most of the fall.

  • Apple introduces iPod, offering "1,000 songs in your pocket"

  • Apple introduces the second generation iPod, compatible with Windows and holding up to 4,000 songs

  • Apple revealed the iTunes Music Store

  • Apple released iTunes for Windows

    Apple released iTunes for Windows