The apple company’s history is a must know thing for an Apple fan. This content will explain the first 15 years of the apple history timeline.

Known as Apple Inc. now, was started in a bedroom along with three friends. Even if this is something you know, there will be lots of things to know as a fan.  It not only had ups and downs but zeroes and minuses were available in the apple history timeline. If you are a fan of the Apple products, the apple history timeline will have to be one of the essential things to know. How it was made, naming, logo, decisions, setbacks, and lots of things will be explained regarding the first 15 years of apple history timeline in this content.

1971 Was The Beginning Of Apple History Timeline

As the first thing to remember in the apple history timeline, Co-Founder Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak met for the first time. Although they didn’t have an idea about the bright future they were supposed to have together, they had the same ambition regarding the future, to do new things and experiment with things. Both friends were 20 at the time they met. Bill Fernandez was the reason why they met. As a mutual find, Bill did a crucial job to introduce Steve Wozniak to Jobs.  Steve Jobs was a school buddy of Bill and Wozniak was a neighbor of Bill. These three rounded around the table in 1971.  

Blue Boxes was one of the ideas held by Wozniak. As a product created to produce different tones for the US long range telephone, it was useful to have calls for free. Although either business was not registered or gained the legal clearance, both Steve Jobs and Wozniak could get a huge earning thanks to that. Steve Jobs did the modifications and helped Wozniak to clear few things regarding the technology. 

At an interview, Steve Jobs mentioned in 1994, “If there were not Blue Boxes, there possibly couldn’t have been Apple products. It took more than 06 months to figure out everything about Blue boxes. It was not only a product for us that made a proper living but a stimulation that proved we could have a longer journey along”. 

1976 Was The Real Beginning Year In Apple History Timeline

According to the apple history timeline, the first Apple product came into the market in 1976. But, the blue box was the first product according to Steve Jobs. Not only blue box showed the efforts are worth but even the largest companies could be taken down easily. Although big companies had been trying to figure out inexpensive solutions since the 1960s decade, only Steve Jobs and Wozniak could make a difference.

1976 The First Apple Product

Apple Company was set up on the Fools day in 1976. The company was first known as the Apple Computer Company, which was made into Apple Inc. later. The Ronald Rayne was the first owner of the company. Although there were not lots of employees except Bill, the first employee of the company, it was filed with lots of stimulations. Steve Jobs was the operational head of the company. The first place for the Apple computer company was Steve’s bedroom located in Crist Drive. Since the space was a thing to take care of, they had to move it to a spacious place, the Garage of Steve jobs.

According to the formal history, Apple’s first product comes out of the Steve jobb’s garage in 1976. The fits Apple computer or Apple 1 was tested in Los Altos, California, where Steve Jobs used to spend his childhood.  The first price given for an Apple Computer was $666.66, which was a considerably higher amount than the other products in the market. The Byte Shop was the first to place orders for the Apple products. The hardware content for the First Apple was a RAM with 4KB, which is the lead to compare a modern day computer.

When it comes to the logo, it came after the name of the company. After visiting a farm in Oregon, Steve jobs had proposed Apple as the name of the company. According to Jobs, Apple had been a fruit which was intimidating and simple. Since their products were looking for a simple but intimidating change, the name was a match for the owner. After that, Wayne created the logo all by himself. Although the shape of the fruit was not almost there, Jobs liked it.

1977 Was Crucial In Apple History Timeline

After the initial success of the Apple Inc., Apple computer company started working on their new project, Apple II, which was produced in 1977. West Coast Computer Faire was the place where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak could find an audience in large quantity. Also, there was a man from Japan who was impressed with the latest tech introduced by these two youngsters. Toshio Mizhushima was that man who got the authorized dealership in Japan. 

After the first day at the Afire, Wozniak stated, “It was a great day in my life. We have come up with a computer solution not only for the USA but for the whole world. But, according to my opinion, our products have to be reliable, convenient, and smooth for the use. We have come a long way from the massive computer age. But, I hope things will have to be smaller than they are now”.

When coming to the main feature of the Apple II, it had come with a  TV interface which could attract the audience massively. It was held by the memory of the computer. Also, the colored display was one of the massive steps belong to the apple history timeline. No company had tried that before an achieved either. According to Rob Janoff, the designer of the Apple logo in 1977, the inclusion of the Rainbow colors had been done due to that. Priced for $1298 in the market, the computer needed to get assembled for working. 

Also, the doubled price of Apple II clearly indicates the rapid success the company has got within just a couple of years.

1978-1980 The First Failure Of Apple History Timeline

It is crucial to have both passes and failures to make things perfect. Apple company had to go through a failure in 1978 due to Apple III which was a failed product. After here years in the development, Apple computer company released in 1980 which could not grab the audience due to various reasons. According to most for the experts, the tensed competition, price, and the quality of the product.

The price given by the Apple company for the Apple II range from $4000 to $7000 which was extremely higher than the product prices offered by IBM like companies. Besides, there were lots of positives that had been shown by other companies in both features and the hardware acceleration. The structure of the computer didn’t allow the computer to work well. The overheating was the main problem to have answered by the Apple Company, which didn’t work well. In the end, there was a product which had been labeled as a failure.

At the end, thousands of Apple computers were recalled and plead for the excuse due to the failure the Apple company had driven. Although the company was looking for a change along with a new product, the damage was not a recallable one.

Apple Ii Plus

The Plus and other versions have become a vital feature for the Apple fans at present. 1979 was the year to have recorded the Plus word in the apple history timeline. Apple customers were granted the Plus version of Apple II due to its fame. It was introduced to market in 1979 and almost 400000 copies were sold during 1979-1982. Experts state that the failed Apple III was one of the reasons to have sold such a huge amount of Apple II Plus products.

The expanded RAM was the first thing to remember in the Plus version. Users could have installed 16KB, 32KB, 64KB RAMS in their Plus versions. The repeat key, Electro Magnetic shielding, Improved Graphical Interface, Apple SOS, and there were lots of features for this Plus version.

The Macintosh Project

A special project was commenced in 1979 for a special comer known as the Macintosh. It has been recorded as one of the crucial incidents in apple history timeline. The MacBook or any other mac product you use is associated with this embracing project. Jef Raskin, A human interface expert, was recruited by Apple computer Company in 1979. 

He names the product as Mac apple as Apple is one of his favorite foods.

The Lisa project is also a project started in 1979 which was supposed to be in the market by 1983. It was supposed to be another product that has specific features along with the typical apple features.

The Public Offering In 1980

The company was exposed to the public along with their public offering, which had 4.6 Million Shares. Each share was sold for a price of $22, which was one of the highest values that could be obtained for a share. Wayne Green, the owner of the Apple computer Company had stated that Apple company advertising is one of the coolest things to see. Also, he mentioned that the Apple products have a value that any other product could not have taken.

Before going public, there were comments from media and other resources. The Financial Times had stated that Apple Company is about to make a difference and they were going to go public along with the shares.  At the time, Apple company is considered to be the second-largest computer manufacturer company with the experience of 05 years. When it comes to written media, they did a free sponsoring job for the Apple company as the company was a crucial one to the American Economy.

The Competition From IBM

The competition has taken place several times in apple history timeline. The first to take place was the competition that given by IBM company. Apple Company had stolen $118 million from the largest computer manufacturer in the world, IBM. 1981 was a crucial year for Apple as IBM started taking precautions since this year. As a company that was producing computer equipment, they had not come into the hands of the customers. They started assembling Personal Computers as a solution to the competition given by Apple company. Since the reduced price and the Higher quality were their signature characteristics, they could withstand the competition of Apple company.

The dealership, higher number of users, more availability and more marketing strategies were already with IBM. When coming to the real world, IBM had got 1.4$ assets at the time when Apple started conquering the market. Along with the personal computer strategy of IBM, they could overcome the competition overran by Apple. There were lots of reasons t have a failed product chain from Apple III. When it comes to one of them, the IBM was playing a major role in it eventually.   

1983 Lisa And More

Steve Jobs was not working actively on the Project Apple III. Because a failed product was already under the Apple Title, Jobs had to  be careful when introducing new products. He thought of Lisa as a great way to get rid of that burden. With that thought Lisa came into the market.

Lisa is considered to be one of the revolutionary products in the IT world, along with new words such as Moue, Icon, and Desktops. Even at present, you might be feeling okay with those words for sure. Since the command entering and taking feedback into an interface which is hard to understand was a hard thing to do. 

At PARC Facilities

The Lisa team thought of a more convenient way to give commands. The origin of the revolutionary ideas dates back to the time when they visited PARC facilities belonged to Xerox. Lisa team was allowed to conduct their studies at this venue for their days. They had to purchase US$1,000,000 worth IPO stock from them in return. As one of the most wisest decision taken in the apple history timeline, the Lisa team came up with impressive ideas out of the facilities.

There Was Floppy Disc In It

The floppy disk is one of the vital characteristics to have included in Lisa computer. More importantly it could adapt to the basic characteristics of IBM computer. The memory of Lisa was a major improvement which came in MegaBytes. It came with 5 Megabyte hard drive and 2 megabyte RAM memory. However, the price for a computer had been labeled as $9999, which was still higher than an IBM personal computer. Since other features had gone through the loyal fans already, Lisa became a success in the end.

10,000 Was More Than Enough

Although 10000 sales was not a digit to impress, the highest price made it still a good one. Steve Job stayed as the chief of the Lisa project almost all the time. He was sent out of the project in 1982 as Apple Company was looking into a good way to send their products. They were looking to send Macintosh products into the market in the next year with the expertise knowledge of Steve Jobs. The Macintosh was a project that was looking to produce Apple computers for a reasonable price like competitors had been doing.

1984 Macintosh And Beyond

The world had been looking at IBM Company as the only solution until the first quarter of 1980 decade. After few successful products, the world had a clear vision regarding Apple company. They thought of Apple as the expensive and quality alternative for IBM as well. Apple computer company announced the Macintosh 128k in October 1984, which had a ARM of 128Mb. They had got the sponsorship of several covers of Magazines in the same time. When it comes to the broadcasting media, Apple company put a giant step to take the brand name of Apple to the public using advertisements. The 1.5Million advertisement was one of those things. It was directed by Ridley Scott, one of the most popular commercial directors in the USA.

Apple company went to sell Macintosh computers at the beginning of 1984. Since the price was one of the concerns, they sold a Macintosh computer for a price of USD 2495 in USA. It was a relief for the customers who had to pay an increased price of doubled or tripled amount to purchase a previous Personal Computer.

The most important thing about the computer was its preinstalled features given by Apple, MacWriter and MapPoint. Users could perform basic drawing as well as typing tasks using those applications. Along with those two applications, Command based applications had also installed for a better users experience. It is important to remember that Apple company launched this product in 1984 when Microsoft company was using Dos functions to achieve objectives.

Although the Macintosh computer was introduced for a lower price, there were few setbacks in front of this computer. Having slower processing speed, sticky graphical interface and demanding higher space for system files were a few of setbacks. Therefore, there was a declined demand in the market at the second half of the year 1984. Meanwhile, Apple company ran few campaigns to troubleshot the issues of the users. The company had to expend more money than they expected as code re-writing like costly decisions had to be taken at this part of the process, which made the Macintosh 1984 edition almost a chaos.

1985 When Steves Left Apple

1985 was a crucial year for Steve Jobs and the Apple crew as they could not get what they expected from Macintosh 1984 128k version. Since Microsoft had developed MS word and IBM was already in the context, Apple needed something special to go ahead. When it comes to the Steve Jobs decision making, he hired John Sculley as the CEO of Apple company. The famous phrase, “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?” was one of the proofs to explain what Jobs in his mind.

Sculley had a differentiated vision regarding Apple Company. Simply, he wanted to produce products similar to Apple II, which was designed for individuals. Schools, small institutes, children, and similar audience were his target. When it comes to the Steve Jobs, what he wanted was to take his Apple products to closed architectural computers where the effort is law and the income is higher than open architecture computers. 

Sculley had some sort of authority to take decisions and conducted special researches and tests to implement computers like Apple II. John Sculley had a good progress regarding the products he invented using his marketing and management knowledge. Although John Sculley brought more than 85% of the income using his Apple II division, he avoided exposing his division to the Annual meeting. Wozniak was worried about what Sculley did and decided to leave the company. It was the loss of one of the earliest members of the Apple family. Since then Wozniak avoided coming or appearing to any Apple function as he got himself busy with his own ventures. It is said that Wozniak was being about $120,000 per year due to his role which helped to bring the company to a stable position

1985 was a crucial year for Steve Jobs as well. He was removed from the post of general manager in the Macintosh division. John Sculley got to know that Jobs was about to call an executive meeting and turn everything back. It didn’t work as Steve Job was a lonely member at the coup, which he thought to have been more effective. The Apple staff sided with Sculley and Jobs was removed from all the operations since that day. It was the end of the first decade of apple history timeline.

A man created a world class company in his bedroom, and he was removed from it after the end of 15 years. That is how it seems at the beginning. According to most of the people, Steve Jobs could have become someone else’s if he got out of the management part. But, most of people believe him as a person who had both genius and management skills. Although he is where he stated at the end of the first fifteen years of apple history timeline, many revolutionary things are about to come.