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Change/Continuity: PC & Apple
As Apple grew so did PC’s and soon it was a two horse race. The world of tech wasn't big enough for both of them. And if one slipped up then the other took the lead and vies versa until the decline of Apple in 1986. That's when the PC era started, the birth of a new empire. Until 1998 when Apple got a face-lift, and the race was back on. On August 15 1998 the next Macintosh was released, the iMac. This brand new desktop computer booted sales through the roof with an astonishing 800,000 units sol -
Cause: Steve and Woz Team Up
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak team up and start to build and sell their illegal "blue box" longrange call transmitter. Unkown to Steve and Woz at the time this was star of a tech empire that would rule the world with an iron fist. -
Cause: Jobs And Woz Starts Attending Homebrew Computer Club
In the summer of 1975 Jobs and Woz start attending the Homebrew Computer Club meetings regularly. This opened new doors for them. Including being able to showcase their new technology. this drove them to compete with the others in the club and push them to make bigger and better products. -
Apple Boots Up
The Apple Computer Incorperation is founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Jobs's Parents Ranch in the USA -
Effect: Jobs Steals the Mouse Driven GUI from Xerox
In the late 1970's Xerox had devolped a mouse driven GUI that allowed easier use of computers. But no one at the time apart from Jobs and Woz could see the potentail. This later lead to the creation of the Lisa and after that the Macintosh the single most revolutionary computer ever. -
Effect: Commercial Faliure: the LISA
In the summer of 1983 the first computer to have a mouse driven GUI was launched. Apple had high hopes that soon died when they relised that there product was not selling enough to compensate for the production cost. Soon after this faliure the Lisa was axed from production and removed from sale. -
Effect: Revolution
In 1984 Apple reliesed the Macintosh their second attempt at a mouse driven GUI computer. This initialy sold very well and was a very revolustionary computer. But as time went by sales fell due to high price and limited software. But sales improved after the launch of the first laser printer. -
Through their eyes: Bill Gates bite out of the Apple
“Make it just like a mac”-Bill GatesThrough Bill Gates eyes the only way to succeed against Apple was to better, be one step ahead. One move that surprised every one was when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates teamed up together. The partnership stopped when Jobs discovered that Gates had been working on a computer with a GUI inter face very similar to the one Jobs had employed. Jobs then accused Gates of stealing and Gates explained had they got there first.
