Essays Tagged: "Steve Wozniak"

Macintosh vs. IBM

started in the personal computer market, Apple was also just gettingon its feet. It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976. They were both collegedrop outs, Steve Jobs out of Reed Colleg ... teve Wozniak in 1976. They were both collegedrop outs, Steve Jobs out of Reed College in Oregon and Steve Wozniak from the University ofColorado. They ended up in Silicon Valley, which is located in n ...

(12 pages) 199 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The history of Apple and its Macintosh Computers

ce, Apple has overcome many hurdles and is still one of the top-selling computer companies.In 1975, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, began work on the Apple I. Little did he know that it was the pr ... vailable through the cheaper IBM clones (Sanford).Apple then turned to one of the original founders Steve Jobs. He was reinstated as the CEO of Apple in 1995 (Sanford). In 1996, Apple merged with NeXT ...

(5 pages) 340 1 3.6 Aug/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple, the computer of "Yesterday?".

Apple, the computer of "yesterday?"Steve Wozniak and Steve Job, two good friends from high school started a revolution that will never ... s one of the biggest bombs in Apple computer history. Apple's next computer "The Lisa" (named after Steve Jobs' daughter) had five megahertz, and a five megahertz hard drive, but perhaps most importan ... 5, which was a lot of money but comparatively cheap (www.apple-history.com).Sadly, in February 1981 Steve Wozniak was injured while piloting a high performance plane (MacDirectory Interviews), and tha ...

(3 pages) 176 2 1.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

People Skills in the Digital Age Social Engineering and Owning the Box

all to the then President Nixon's bomb shelter in VA; another was (allegedly) a call to the Pope by Steve Wozniak.This was all possible because the phone system in the late 60s and early 70s was set u ... g. 54, Scene of the Cybercrime-Computer Forensics Handbook, Syngress Publishing, 2002.Pgs. 205-207, Steven Paul Jobs, Current Biographies, 1983, Halliday, JamesLos Angeles Times, Friday, December 16, ...

(10 pages) 119 0 3.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple Computer Case Analysis

ced their first computer, the Apple I, in 1976. The company was started by two high school friends, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, when they collaborated to sell Steve Wozniak's invention. The company ...

(18 pages) 895 1 2.7 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Computer Famous People

Palo Alto, Ca "Silicon Valley" - Many founders of MicroPc companies were spawned from here. Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs e.t.c BBN - Bolt, Beranek and Newman. This company was responsible ...

(1 pages) 23 0 4.8 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Brief History of Microsoft and Apple

that not everything "created" by these two companies are really ideas of them.Apple was started by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 to market the Apple I a computer they designed and built in Job ... e ideas of the new Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the mouse driver that company was working on. Steve Jobs visited Xerox Palo Alto Research Center to see more about these two innovations and decid ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Apple Corporation - strategic analysis

ced their first computer, the Apple I, in 1976. The company was started by two high school friends, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, when they collaborated to sell Steve Wozniak's invention. The company ... ainable competitive advantageApple acquired a unique competitive advantage which is sustained since Steve Jobs returned to his position; this competitive advantage is what keeping their sales increase ...

(37 pages) 333 0 1.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Steve Jobs: The master-mind behind apple

Born on February 24, 1955 in San Fransisco, Steve Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Steve had one sister named Patty. Patty was adopted a ... by Paul and Clara Jobs. Steve had one sister named Patty. Patty was adopted about three years after Steve. Steve was extremely smart but did not like school, in his words "I was pretty bored in school ... chool and turned into a little terror." He was later straitened out by his fourth grade teacher who Steve said "She was one of the saints in my life." His skills became apparent and he was able to ski ...

(10 pages) 74 0 3.7 Apr/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Apple

ced their first computer, the Apple I, in 1976. The company was started by two high school friends, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, and they collaborated to sell Steve Wozniak's invention. Apple began w ... y, and retain customer loyalty.Apple's strength of internal management with their successful leader Steve Jobs and the strength of its versatile managers will produce timely streamlining of internal o ...

(12 pages) 159 1 5.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Chronology of the Personal Computer

ame software.I found it amazing to see how many fantastic ideas were shot down. For example in 1976 Steve Wozniak offered his new “Apple” computer idea to Hewlett-Packard who rejected it as ... ” computer idea to Hewlett-Packard who rejected it as a non-viable product. A few months later Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer Company, which would later make them two of ...

(1 pages) 1519 0 0.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Apple Business Strategy

Apple Computer Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976. They were both friend from high school but both ended up dropp ... d that consumes are buying high technology product for prestige rather than for use, a concept that Steve Jobs realizes intuitively and Apple have always used to good effect, no more so that with the ... in as a market leader's, Apple's also applied supplementing competitive strategy which initialed by Steve Jobs, co founder of Apple. As what he realized stand that in order to be able to survive in th ...

(10 pages) 181 0 3.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Analysis of Apple's Steve Jobs personality traits

Steven Paul Jobs is the co-founder and current CEO of Apple, Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.), a ... billion at the worldwide box office to date. Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and Steve Jobs now serves on Disney's board of directors.According to the Apple Museum, a non-commercial ... directors.According to the Apple Museum, a non-commercial online project at www.theapplemuseum.com, Steve Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California. One week after his birth, he w ...

(15 pages) 107 0 3.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Strategic Analysis of Apple

rms of strategy that should be adopted by Apple. Apple was founded in 1976 and is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The concept of Apple is the creation of innovative products with the u ... ees, commitment to safety and protection of the environment and promotion of energy saving methods. Steve Jobs has a huge impact in the company's culture. Since Job's return in 1997, the company has e ...

(14 pages) 153 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Apples' Revolution

Joshua Cruz12/10/2010�Table of ContentsIntroduction 1History of Apple 1Beginning Years 1Steve Jobs Starts Again 1Apples' Marketing 2Apples' New Technologies 3iPod 1st Generation 3New Apple ... 4�Apples' RevolutionIntroductionApple, a multi-billion dollar company, was saved in 2001 by Steve Jobs. Apple Inc. has had some interesting history, but their new technologies and genius marke ...

(9 pages) 80 1 0.0 Jan/2011

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Apple Recommendation Report

l expansion.MethodsThe information from this report came from a range of electronic sources and the Steve Jobs biography. The electronic sources include business databases, marketing research database ... rming forecasts and projections for future trends in the consumer electronics industry, whereas the Steve Jobs biography provided extremely useful insight into Apple's marketing strategies.Brief Histo ...

(26 pages) 16 0 0.0 Sep/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies