August 11, 1955: Steve Wozniak Born
by Chris Seibold on Aug 11, 2011Steve Jobs had the marketing savvy but Steve Wozniak had the technical skills. Interested in technology at an early age Woz, as Steve Wozniak is popularly known, would go on to design the Apple I, …(read more)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
April 9, 1993: PowerPC Chips Ship
The PowerPC is gone from Apple's roadmaps but for well over ten years it was the heart of every Mac that shipped. The PowerPC was …(read more)
April 8, 1983: “Do You Want to Sell Sugared Water the Rest of Your Life?”
"Do You Want to Sell Sugared Water the Rest of Your Life?"When the first President of Apple Computer, Michael "Scotty" Scott, lost favor over the …(read more)
April 7, 1976: Steve Jobs Gets Crucial $5000 Loan
The common perception is that Steve Wozniak created the Apple I and Steve Jobs more or less went along for the ride. The reality is …(read more)
April 6, 1939: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Proud to Present John Sculley
Though John Sculley is best known as a former President of Apple Computer, there is a lot more to his life than just an over …(read more)
April 5, 1998: Apple Sells ARM, Feels Better
Every model of Newton was powered by a chip produced by Advanced RISC Machines. Not only were the low power RISC processors well suited to …(read more)
April 4, 1990: Sculley Bets Big with the Newton
Apple was looking for something to replace the revenue they derived from the Mac. The Mac was still profitable but with Windows 3.0 around the …(read more)
April 3, 2003: Resellers Stop Selling iPods
In the early days of the iPod two of the biggest retailers were Target and, wait for it, wait for it…Dell. The latter may seem …(read more)
April 2, 1995: This Clone War Has Begun
What do you call a computer that runs System 7.5, has a PowerPC 601, a 540 MB hard drive and a single button mouse? Well, …(read more)
April 1, 1976: Apple Is Born
When Steve Wozniak finished developing the Apple I he planned to give away the schematics for free. Steve Jobs persuaded Woz that they could sell …(read more)
March 31, 1999: Apple Releases First Open Source Contributions
There is a lot of Open Source goodness in Mac OS. Safari is based on an Open Source project and the underlying core of OS …(read more)
March 30, 1988: If You Can’t Compete…Sue
As soon as Microsoft got a look at Apple's GUI operating system they started working on their own version. The initial version of Windows was …(read more)
March 29, 1994: Copland Project Introduced
A quick quiz: Is Copland A) A great American composer?B) The last stab Sylvester Stallone took at acting?C) The ultimate in Apple vaporware?Good news, all …(read more)
