apple timeline

  • Geniuses know each other

    Steve Jobs, 16, meets Steve Wozniak through a friend.
  • The beginnings of Jobs and Wozniak

    Jobs works as a video game manufacturer Atari and Wozniak becomes an engineering assistant at Hewlett-Packard.
  • The creation of Apple

    The creation of Apple
    Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Rollan Wayne found Apple Computer, Inc.
  • Presentation of Apple II

    Presentation of Apple II
    The company launches the Apple II, the first mass-marketed personal computer and one of the first to generate color graphics.
  • Apple becomes a public company

    Apple becomes a public company
    Mike Markkula becomes president of Apple and Jobs the Chairman. At the end of the year, the company goes public, with an opening stock price of $22 per share.
  • Apple presents Lisa, the first computer with a mouse

    Apple presents Lisa, the first computer with a mouse
    Lisa, pioneer in the use of a mouse to control a computer, debuts in the search to be a laptop that is easier to use.
  • Launch of the macintosh

    Launch of the macintosh
    Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984, it is the portable computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc.
  • The board of directors fires Jobs

    The board of directors fires Jobs
    Jobs is fired from Apple after a fight with Mr. Sculley.
    At the end of the year, Jobs forms Next Inc, a manufacturer of high-end computers for universities.
  • Steve Jobs buys Pixar

    Steve Jobs buys Pixar
    Jobs buys "The Graphics Group" (which becomes Pixar Animation Studios) from George Lucas for $10 million.
  • Steve Jobs returns to Apple

    Steve Jobs returns to Apple
    Apple buys NeXT for $430 million. Jobs returns as interim CEO and president of Apple.Apple buys NeXT for $430 million. Jobs returns as interim CEO and president of Apple.
  • Presentation of Imac

    Presentation of Imac
    Apple launches the iMac, which puts the monitor and processor in a single unit. Apple returns to profitability.
  • Presentation of iPOD and iTUNES

    Presentation of iPOD and iTUNES
    Apple launches the iPod a portable MP3 player that revolutionizes the way we listen to music, for this reason Apple also launches the iTunes Store, giving people an easy way to buy music online.
  • iPHONE presentation

    iPHONE presentation
    Apple introduces the iPhone, one of the first smartphones and for the first time without a keyboard. Crowds line up at stores to buy.
  • iPAD presentation

    iPAD presentation
    Apple launches the iPad, a touch-screen tablet PC that ushers in a new genre of mobile computing. It is an instant phenomenon.
  • Steve Jobs dies

    Steve Jobs dies
    Steve Jobs died at his home in California around 3 pm on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56.