2. 1976–80: Founding and
incorporation
Apple was founded on April 1st
1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve
Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to
build and sell the personal
computer kit. The kits were built
by Wozniak.
The First Macintosh Released on in 1984
1981–85: Lisa and Macintosh
Steve Jobs began working on
the Apple Lisa in 1978, in 1982, he
was pushed from the Lisa team
because of infighting. Jobs took over
Jef Raskin's less expensive-
computer project, the Macintosh.
1986–97: Decline
This is the Macintosh
Portable. It was introduced in
1989 and was designed to be
just as powerful as a desktop
Macintosh. It included a 12-
hour battery life.
3. • 1998 -
2005
• Apple
introduced a
new all-in-
one
computer.
The
Macintosh
128K: the
iMac on
August 15
1998.
• 2005 - 07
• On June 6
2005. Steve
Jobs
announced
that Apple
would begin
producing
Intel-based
Mac
computers.
• 2007 - 11
• Apple achieved
widespread
success with its
iPhone, iPod
Touch, and iPad
products which
introduced
innovations in
mobile
phones, portable
music players
and personal
computers
respectively.
4. • The Apple iPhone 4S
was announced on
October 4th 2011.
• Phil Schiller of Apple
introduced iBooks
Textbooks for iOS and
iBook Author for Mac.
• Apple announced a
system that can identify
objects in a live video
stream in March 2013
2011-
Present
