![]() November 1997 - Jobs introduces a new line of Macintosh computers, called G3. September 1997 - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who left in 1985 after a power struggle, is named interim CEO of the struggling company, which had piled up losses of more than $1.8 billion in the previous two fiscal years. It has a touchscreen and features many tools found in today’s smartphones, such as an address book, a calendar and an e-mail function. ( here)ġ991 - Apple introduces the Powerbook 100, its first hit portable computer.ġ993 - The Newton Message Pad, Apple’s first handheld device, debuts. Directed by "Alien" and "Blade Runner" filmmaker Ridley Scott, the ad airs just once nationally, during the Super Bowl. It is hyped with a dark, stylized commercial in which a lone "heroine" takes on "Big Brother" characters that are reminiscent of those in George Orwell's novel "1984" - a metaphor for IBM. ![]() A year earlier, Jobs was booted from the Lisa project - so he started working on the Macintosh.ġ984 - Apple debuts the Macintosh personal computer. It is a big hit.ġ983 - Apple starts selling the “Lisa,” a desktop computer for businesses with a graphical user interface, the computer system most users are familiar with today. Their first product, Apple I, built in circuit board form, debuts at “the Homebrew Computer Club” in Palo Alto, California, to little fanfare.ġ977 - The company unveils the Apple II, perhaps the first personal computer in a plastic case with color graphics. ![]() Here is a sample of Apple’s big milestones and product introductions:ġ976 - High-school buddies and dropouts, Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs found Apple Computer. ![]() markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A day before Apple Inc is scheduled to report quarterly results, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said he would take a medical leave for the second time in two years.Įxpectations were that Apple’s revenue would swell more than 50 percent, but its shares fell 8.3 percent in Frankfurt. ![]()
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