The early history of Apple is a fascinating one, full of innovation, competition, and controversy.
Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, three young men with a passion for technology and a desire to create something new. They started out in Jobs’s garage, where they built and sold the first Apple computer, the Apple I. The Apple 1 was a personal computer kit that was sold as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips). This led to the formation of Apple Computer Inc., which was listed as a computer hardware and software manufacturer.
From this early success, they quickly designed and released the Apple II on June 10th, 1977, which the device was a more powerful and sophisticated computer that became wildly popular in homes and schools. However, this success was short-lived…
In the 1980s, Apple faced some tough competition from companies such as IBM and Microsoft, but it was able to stay afloat thanks to the success of its Macintosh computer in 1984. However, just after its release in 1985, Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985, after a power struggle with the board of directors. He went on to start a new company, NeXT, which focused on developing computers for the education market.