3. INTRODUCTION
Apple Inc.(formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an
American multinational corporation that designs and
sells consumer electronics, computer software, and
personal computers. The company's best-known
hardware products are the Macintosh line of
computers, the iPod, iphone and Its software includes
the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media
browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity
software; the work suite of productivity
software; Aperture, a professional photography
package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional
audio and film-industry software products; Logic
Studio, a suite of music production tools;
4. EARLY YEARS
Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve
Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell
the Apple I personal computer kit. They were
hand-built by Wozniak and first shown to the
public at the Homebrew Computer Club. The
Apple I was sold as a motherboard (with CPU,
RAM, and basic textual-video chips)—less than
what is today considered a complete personal
computer.
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 and was
market-priced at $666.66
Apple was incorporated January 3, 1977 without
Wayne, who sold his share of the company back to
