Apple History


	Before 1976 Apple Computer Company was simply a group called Homebrew Computer Club.  This was simply a group were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple and kept improving the model while showing what they had done to the club.
In 1976 The Apple I design was finished. Originally, the two had intended to sell it to the other members of the Homebrew Computer Club, but Wozniak, being an employee of HP had tried to get a legal release from HP to produce electronic devices professionally. Although they offered their low-cost PC to Hewlett Packard first, no one at HP was interested in it.  After this, Jobs and Wozniak decided to start the business themselves.  On May 5, 1976,   HP granted Wozniak the permission for the Apple I.  In 1980 Apple went public and within a year, the stock increased by %1700.  following that the Apple released the Apple 111(3) which sold  for $4,340 to $7,800.  In 1983 The Lisa and the Apple //e were released selling for $9,998 and $1,395.  Apple became the fastest growing company in history.  In the summer of 1985 Apple laid off 1,200 employees.  Later, Steve Jobs resigned and revealed a plan to start a new company called NExT.  He later bought  Pixar Computer Animation Studios.   In December  of 1996 Apple Computer took over NExT Company for $430 million.  In August 15 1998 the imac is released and becomes the fastest selling personal computer in history.  In may of 2001 Apple released its first retail store.  On October 23, Steve Jobs released the ipod.  After this, itunes 4 was released which also included an itunes store that sold songs for $.99 cents each.
	The Apple company mainly produces Computers but also provides recording devices and Phones with the capability of music.  They also have portable notebooks that have Internet access.