History of Apple, Inc. By aquinn97 Apr 1, 1976 The First Apple Computer Was Born Jan 1, 1977 Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show Jan 1, 1979 Jobs began working with the Macintosh Jan 1, 1980 Apple III was released Dec 1, 1981 IBM released its first PC Apr 1, 1983 John Sculley became President and CEO of Apple Jan 22, 1984 During the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Apple aired its infamous 60 second commercial introducing the Macintosh Jan 1, 1987 Apple introduced the Mac II Oct 1, 1991 Apple released its first generation of PowerBooks Jun 1, 1993 Michael Spindler becomes CEO of Apple Jan 1, 1996 Spindler was asked to resign as CEO and was replaced by Gil Amelio, the former president of National Semiconductor Dec 20, 1996 Amelio seperated the company into pieces, each responsible for its own profit or loss. This plan failed. Jul 1, 1997 Apple announced the resignation of Gil Amelio. Steve Jobs was given an "expanded role" at Apple for the interim. May 6, 1998 Apple released the iMac, an entirely new Mac design. The iMac was the best selling computer in the nation for most of the fall. Oct 1, 2001 Apple introduces iPod, offering "1,000 songs in your pocket" Jul 1, 2002 Apple introduces the second generation iPod, compatible with Windows and holding up to 4,000 songs Apr 1, 2003 Apple revealed the iTunes Music Store Oct 1, 2003 Apple released iTunes for Windows
