ppt history of macs
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(Selected) History of Apple Inc
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Best Known Products Hardware line:
Macintosh line of personal computers
iPod portable media players
iPhone
Software products: Mac OS X operating system iTunes media browser
iLife iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto
Final Cut Studio video editing
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The start 1975 Steve Wozniak was working for Hewlett
Packard (calculator manufacturers) by day and was
a computer hobbyist by night. He realized that the prices of some computer parts
had gotten so low he could buy them himself.
Decided to work with fellow hobbyist Steve Jobs tobuild their own computer
On 4/1/1976 released the Apple I (for $666) andstarted Apple Computers. Had 8 KB of RAM.
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4Apple I did not have a case the user was required to build a box forits components. (picture from Smithsonian) Apr 1,1976
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As we progress thru..
..note trends in memory and price..
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Quick Math Deviation 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes
1 megabyte = 1 million bytes
1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes
Windows XP requires min 64 MB mem
REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem
Photoshop requires min 512 MB mem
Vista requires min 512 MB mem
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Apple II In 1977, Apple II was
released for $1298
Had color graphics a
first for a personalcomputer
Originally used an audiocassette drive forstorage but later it wasreplaced by a floppydisk drive
Had 64 KB of memory
Supported the BASIC
program
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Other early endeavors Apple III
Released May 1980
Had 128K of RAM Designed for businesses expensive!! > $4300!!!
Had lots of problemsdidnt do well..
Apple Lisa Released in 1983 Became the first personal computer sold to the public
with a GUI. Aimed at large businesses
Commercial failure due to high price tag (almost
$10,000) and limited software it could run
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The Lisa
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The intro of the Macintosh Apple introduced the Macintosh in
1984 Sales not initially as strong as
desired Changed with the intro of
LaserWriter first reasonably pricedlaser printer
PageMaker early desktoppublishing package
(These capitalized on its advanced graphicscapabilities)
128 KB memory
Sold for $2495Historical note: When the Mac was released, the company bought all 39 pages of
advertisement space in the Nov/Dec version of Newsweek magazine!
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Early endeavors (cont) Sustained growth of Apple during these
early years was partly due to the education
sector -- Many schools introduced the concept of
programming by using the LOGO programming
language on the Apple II
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Early Years -- Computer ComparisonProduct Cost Storage RAM Year
Apple I $666 --- 8 KB 1976
Apple II $1298 Floppy 64 KB 1977
Apple III $4300(for business)
Floppy 128 KB 1980
Apple Lisa
$10,000(for business) Floppy
1 MB(1000 KB) 1983
Macintosh $2495 Floppy 128 KB 1984
Recall: Win XP requires min 64 MB mem
REALBasic requires min 512 MB mem
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Early endeavors (cont) Macintosh Plus
Released in 1986
4 MB of memory $2600
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Macintosh Portable Apples first attempt at a
portable computer
Released in 1989
8 MB RAM
40 MB Hard drive **
Clunky, slow Weight: 15.8 lbs !!!!!
$6500
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More portable efforts.. PowerBook 100
Released in 1991
40 MB hard drive 8 MB RAM
$2500
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Various other Apple efforts.. In 1987 2001
Macintosh (desktops)
PowerBooks (laptops)
Servers
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Other Major Apple Milestones.. 1997 Steve Jobs announced thatApple would join Microsoft to release
new versions of Microsoft Office for theMac
1997 Apple introduced the Apple
Store
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Other Major Apple Milestones.. 1998 Introduced a new all-in-one computer
the iMac
2001 Mac OS X was released(a huge operating system overhaul likeWindows XP compared to Windows 95 andWindows 98)
2001 first Apple retail store available 2001 iPod introduced
2003 iTunes Store introduced
2007 iPhone introduced
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Desktop Evolution -The iMac Released in 1998
All in one computer
Designed with theinternet in mind
$1299
2 USB ports 4 GB hard drive
256 MB RAM
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Desktop Evolution - The eMac Released in 2002
Originally available only
for educational markets $1300
(Note: We used to havethese in H210 just a fewyears ago)
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Desktop Evolution - iMac G5 Released 2004
RAM 2 GB
160 GB hard drive
$1499
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Desktop Evolution -The Mac-mini Released in 2005
First real foray into the low-endconsumer market,
Apple's first monitor-less consumerMac in more than six years.
just two inches tall and 6.5 incheswide and deep.
The basic idea of the mini was: letcurrent PC owners spend $500 toreplace their PC, while continuing touse their existing monitor and USB
peripherals.
Note: Currently inuse in H210!!
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Desktop Evolution - iMac Released in 2007
RAM: 4 GB
320 GB hard drive
Includes a new thinaluminum keyboard
$1799
Here in H209: 2006 version (all white) student machines2007 version teacher machine
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Laptop Evolution Macbook Air
Weight: 3 lbs
2 GB memory 120 GB hard drive
$1799
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Product Cost Storage RAM Year
Macintosh $2495 Floppy 128 KB 1984Mac Plus $2600 Floppy 4 MB 1986
iMac $1799 320 GB 4GB 2007
Mac Portable(laptop)
$6500 40MB hd 8 MB 1989
Powerbook 100(laptop)
$2500 40MB hd 8 MB 1991
Macbook Air
(laptop)
$1799 120GB hd 2GB 2008
An Additional Computer Comparison
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Evolution of OSs Mac System 1,2,3,4 (1984-1987)
Distinguishable from other OSs from that era in that they usedentirely graphical user interfaces
Could only run one application at a time Mac System 5, 6, 7 (1987mid 1990s)
Could now run multiple applications
Mac OS 8 (8.0 8.6) (1997) better file management
Mac OS 9 (9.0 9.2.2) (1999) improved support for wireless
Mac OS X (1999 today) UNIX based OS
10.0Cheetah (01) 10.1Puma (02) 10.2Jaguar (03)
10.3Panther (04) 10.4Tiger (05) 10.5Leopard (08)
10.6Snow Leopard (09)