Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were two high school buddies and friends to whom we owe the creation of the first Apple machines. Their first steps in building computers were Hewlett Packard (Wozniak), and Atari (for Jobs). This is Steve Wozniak, who had the first inspiration, creating what would later become the Apple I (we are then in 1976). Jobs motivated his friend, and on 1 April 1976, they created the company Apple Computer, in order to sell the Apple I. This first machine was not a success, and it will take until 1977 before the Apple II is not the first success of the company.
The Apple II
In 1980, the Apple II, and the firm at the apple already had several thousand employees. Jobs began work on the project Lisa.
But the leaders, not being satisfied, withdrew the project. So he became interested in another project: the Macintosh, a personal computer at $ 500.
Alas, all development has an end, and in 1981 the company experienced its first crisis as sales diminished, Wozniak suffered a plane crash questioning his professional life ... and to top it off, the first IBM PC came out, prompted by the sheer size of IBM, Apple machines quickly surpassed.
Jobs quickly realized that Apple needed a direction at the height of its commercial competitors. Also, it Sculley (President of Pepsi-Cola) who took the helm of the company in 1983 (by the way, "Think Different" appears both on Macs than on Pepsi commercials ... or randomly. ..?). The cohabitation between the two men was not the easiest.
