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Steven Paul was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He is quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs
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Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne
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Steve Jobs and Woz show off the Apple I at the Personal Computing Festival in Atlantic City, with help from Dan Kottke
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Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with a prototype Apple II
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Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million
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IBM launches the IBM PC, the biggest threat to Apple's future yet
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Time instead makes The Computer 'machine of the year' and publishes a hatchet job on Steve Jobs, who becomes furious and suspicious of journalists for the rest of his life
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PepsiCo CEO John Sculley becomes Apple's CEO after having been wooed by Steve Jobs for several months
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Macintosh is launched in great fanfare at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting
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Apple releases its first living-room product, the iPod hi-fi, discontinued a year and a half later