Apple Inc. 1970s - Group Assignment
September 14, 2011
1) Who were the main players in the company? Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
// Ronald Wayne backed out of the Apple project a few weeks after starting, selling 1/3 of his shares for a few thousand dollars after recently losing money in a previous business deal.
a. What are they doing today? Jobs has resigned as CEO and is battling with cancer. Wozniak is member of the Segway Polo Team. Wayne retired and sells stamps and rare coins and gold from his home in Nevada.
// Steve Jobs dealt with a rare form of pancreatic cancer as well as a kidney transplant before renouncing resignation. He simply stated, "I would tell you if I was unable to perform my job, which is what I am saying here today".
// Steve Wozniak's segway team did win the tournament against Germany in 2010.
// Wayne says he made his decision based on what he knew at the time.
2) What was the gross income of the company in the decade? One Million Dollars. 1977 - $750 Thousand.
// Throughout the entire '70s Apple grossed about One Million Dollars. When they received funding for the Apple II from an outside investor, the investor received 1/3 of the company for $250,000.
3) What significant product(s) did the company release in the decade?
Apple One(1976)
// The Apple One was really just a computer board that hobbyists could play with.
Apple Two(1977)
// The Apple II was the first personal computer that people could afford. However, it wasn't really used by business professionals until VisiCalc came out.
Apple Disc II
// It introduced a floppy drive to the Apple market (personal computer).
Apple II+
// When the personal computer saw fluctuation in memory sizes.
Silent Type
// Not a lot is known other than it was the first printer for the Apple system.
a. What did it cost? Apple 1-$666.66, Apple Two-$1,300 and $2,600 depending on the memory.
b. How many were sold? Apple 1- 200, Apple II - 50,000 from it's introduction to 1979.
c. How reliable was it? There were a few reviews from 2004 that still listed it as a hot item still being used.
4) What impact did the company have on the PC during the decade? Apple started the personal computer revolution. First successful home computer.
// Ronald Wayne backed out of the Apple project a few weeks after starting, selling 1/3 of his shares for a few thousand dollars after recently losing money in a previous business deal.
a. What are they doing today? Jobs has resigned as CEO and is battling with cancer. Wozniak is member of the Segway Polo Team. Wayne retired and sells stamps and rare coins and gold from his home in Nevada.
// Steve Jobs dealt with a rare form of pancreatic cancer as well as a kidney transplant before renouncing resignation. He simply stated, "I would tell you if I was unable to perform my job, which is what I am saying here today".
// Steve Wozniak's segway team did win the tournament against Germany in 2010.
// Wayne says he made his decision based on what he knew at the time.
2) What was the gross income of the company in the decade? One Million Dollars. 1977 - $750 Thousand.
// Throughout the entire '70s Apple grossed about One Million Dollars. When they received funding for the Apple II from an outside investor, the investor received 1/3 of the company for $250,000.
3) What significant product(s) did the company release in the decade?
Apple One(1976)
// The Apple One was really just a computer board that hobbyists could play with.
Apple Two(1977)
// The Apple II was the first personal computer that people could afford. However, it wasn't really used by business professionals until VisiCalc came out.
Apple Disc II
// It introduced a floppy drive to the Apple market (personal computer).
Apple II+
// When the personal computer saw fluctuation in memory sizes.
Silent Type
// Not a lot is known other than it was the first printer for the Apple system.
a. What did it cost? Apple 1-$666.66, Apple Two-$1,300 and $2,600 depending on the memory.
b. How many were sold? Apple 1- 200, Apple II - 50,000 from it's introduction to 1979.
c. How reliable was it? There were a few reviews from 2004 that still listed it as a hot item still being used.
4) What impact did the company have on the PC during the decade? Apple started the personal computer revolution. First successful home computer.
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