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The First Apple Computer Was Born
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Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show
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Jobs began working with the Macintosh
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Apple III was released
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IBM released its first PC
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John Sculley became President and CEO of Apple
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During the third quarter of the Super Bowl, Apple aired its infamous 60 second commercial introducing the Macintosh
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Apple introduced the Mac II
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Apple released its first generation of PowerBooks
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Michael Spindler becomes CEO of Apple
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Spindler was asked to resign as CEO and was replaced by Gil Amelio, the former president of National Semiconductor
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Amelio seperated the company into pieces, each responsible for its own profit or loss. This plan failed.
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Apple announced the resignation of Gil Amelio. Steve Jobs was given an "expanded role" at Apple for the interim.
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Apple released the iMac, an entirely new Mac design. The iMac was the best selling computer in the nation for most of the fall.
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Apple introduces iPod, offering "1,000 songs in your pocket"
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Apple introduces the second generation iPod, compatible with Windows and holding up to 4,000 songs
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Apple revealed the iTunes Music Store
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Apple released iTunes for Windows