Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux (Part 2)

Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux (Part 2)

History and the rises of Apple Computer

How many of you know the brand about Apple? I bet most if you did! 

Can you name all the products of Apple? It's a piece of cake, iPhone, Mac Book, iPod, iTouch, iPad, iTune and so on. 

But since when do you start know about Apple? Do know how long did Apple already existed? What are previous products of Apple before the arrive of iPhone, iPod, and Mac Book? And who is the founder of Apple?

Company of Apple which is Apple Computer Inc, the co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak successfully created the first Apple Computer in year 1976, 1st April.

Some of the earliest products / computers produced by Apple were such as Apple I, Apple II, Apple III, The Apple IPO, Xerox PARC, the Lisa and so on. 

Can you imagine these are the products of Apple once a long time ago?

Then after that it slowly become a better computer

The picture showing the Apple Macintosh and Apple Lisa

Sadly during that time Apple Computer facing a very low sales and low market share in 1990s. Steve Jobs once left Apple Inc in year 1985 due to some conflict inside his company.

In year 1996, he returned to Apple Inc and become the CEO of the company. Then he and his team begin to research and think critically of their product line.

Apple once joined and partnership with Microsoft once in year 1997. At that time Internet Explorer was the default browser for the Macintosh Computer and Microsoft Office was released for Macintosh as well. Microsoft also invested 150 millions dollars in Apple, which it helps Apple return their success and gain back their sales and market values. 

Year 1998-2001 is Apple's renaissance period, it is when Apple produced iMac, iBook and Power Mac G4. The stylish and simple design of the computer and laptop successfully attract attention of the market and computer users, especially the younger generations. Plus it is all running on it's own Operating System. The Mac Os X. I guess this is when we start to know about Apple and it's product.

iMac

iBook

Power Mac G4

Interface of Mac Os X

Also in year 2001, Apple produced its first portable digital audio player, the iPod. Then it keeps on producing many later versions of iPod as it is a hit in the market. iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, iPod Nano all are the once very famous products in the market of Apple. 

iPod Touch

iPod Shuffle

iPod Classic

iPod Nano

After that very soon enough Apple introduce their first smart phone devices, iPhone.

Until now iPhone still has been a very high demand in the market. 

Now the latest product of iPhone is iPhone 4 which has all the top qualities of being a smart phone devices. 

The latest iphone 4

Now Apple is one of the largest technology firms in the world. I believe Apple will continue growing and will give a better result in the future, giving more surprise to the IT industry. It is not easy for a company to grow from almost falling until what they have succeeded today, with facing many strong competitors such as the baggiest IT Industry Microsoft. 

I'm not a fans of Apple, and I don't support Apple products very much, but I'm still feel impress with them and believe they will do better in the future. 

The End of Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux (Part 2)

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