The original Apple Computer, also known retroactively as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a personal computer released by the Apple Computer Company ( now Apple Inc .) in 1976.

Introductory advertisement for the Apple I Computer

In 1976, Concord High School Junior Wai Lee assembled one of the first 12 Apple Is ( no serial number ), the first Apple Computer in an aluminum housing.

The high price was likely due to the rare documents and packaging offered in the sale in addition to the computer, including the original packaging ( with the return label showing Steve Jobs ' parents ' address, the original Apple Computer Inc ' headquarters ' being their garage ), a personally typed and signed letter from Jobs ( answering technical questions about the computer ), and the original invoice showing ' Steven ' as the salesman.

* Price, Rob, So Far: the First Ten Years of a Vision, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, 1987, ISBN 1-55693-974-4

* Apple 1 Computer Registry

Version 4. 1, in a slightly modified form, was also the standard operating system for the Apple Network Server systems sold by Apple Computer to complement the Macintosh line.

So they decided to designed a TRS-80 and CP / M software compatible computer system, which ( following the lead of Apple Computer ) they decided to name after a " typical Dutch flower ".

* Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer

Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990.

The use of letter " i " prefixes and suffixes to denote information technology or interactivity was very much in vogue at this time, notably with the launch of the iMac and the iPod by Apple Computer ; according to the BBC, the " i " in BBCi stood for " interactivity " as well as " innovation ".

Soon there was an all-out price war involving Commodore, TI, Atari and practically every vendor other than Apple Computer.

The two price wars resulting from Compaq's actions ultimately drove numerous competitors from the market, such as Packard Bell, and by 1994 Compaq had overtaken Apple Computer and even surpassed I. B. M.

Compaq originally competed directly against IBM, manufacturing computer systems equivalent with the IBM PC, as well as Apple Computer.

It was created in the early 1990s by a group led by Apple Computer.

Dylan was created in the early 1990s by a group led by Apple Computer.

In September 1989, Apple Inc. released the Macintosh Portable, the first Macintosh computer intended to be easily portable.

The 100 series PowerBooks were intended to tie into the rest of the Apple desktop products utilizing the corporate Snow White design language incorporated into all product designs since 1986.

Apple recovered from the 5300 debacle in 1996 and 1997 by introducing three new PowerBooks: the PowerBook 1400, intended to replace the 5300 as a general-purpose PowerBook ; the PowerBook 2400, intended as a slim, sleek sub-notebook to replace the PowerBook Duo ; and the luxury model PowerBook 3400.

Apple's decision to not update the Classic with newer technology such as a 68010 CPU, higher RAM capacity or color display ensured compatibility with the Mac's by-then healthy software base as well as enabled it to fit the lower price-point Apple intended for it.

Ad copy from the same era suggests that Bally intended to sell the UV-1 as a home computer, competing directly with the Apple II and similar machines.

Aside from the red apple, there have been other examples where the apple has been changed, notably on Harrison's Extra Texture ( Read All About It ), where it is eaten away apple core ( this was intended to be a joke because it was released at a time when Apple Records was beginning to fold ).

Zapple Records, an Apple Records subsidiary run by Barry Miles, a friend and ultimately biographer of McCartney, was intended as an outlet for the release of spoken word and avant garde records.

The use of a clock was a marketing decision intended to limit the IIgs ' performance to a level lower than that of the Macintosh, a decision that had a critical effect on the Apple IIgs ' success.

This was primarily intended for the Apple IIe Card, which was offered in a bundle with education models of the LCs.

The combination of the low-cost color Macintosh and Apple IIe compatibility was intended to encourage the education market to transition from Apple II models to the Macintosh platform instead of to the new low-cost IBM PC compatibles.

It was introduced as a replacement for the earlier parallel-based Apple Dot Matrix Printer / DMP ( also a C. Itoh model ) and, while primarily intended for the Apple II, worked across Apple's entire computer product line.

While the external drive worked on both Apple's product lines, it was mainly intended for use on the Apple II series, for which Apple introduced in 1991 a slot-based interface called the Apple II 3. 5 Disk Controller Card for Apple IIe and II computers so they too could use 1. 4 MB storage and read / write MS-DOS.

Apple Computer introduced iTunes 6. 0 in October 2005, which included changes intended to stop programs like JHymn from decrypting FairPlay encrypted files.

Apple Computer introduced iTunes 7. 0 in September 2006, which once again included changes intended to stop programs similar to JHymn.

They reached an agreement in which Apple and Quantum would develop a new system known as AppleLink Personal Edition, which would be intended for end-users until all existing AppleLink content could be moved over and the system proved itself stable enough for support services as well.

Apple introduced iSight at the 2003 Worldwide Developers Conference, intended to be used with iChat AV, Apple's video-conferencing client.

This was primarily intended for the Apple IIe Card ( the primary reason for the Color Classic's switchable 560x384 display, essentially quadruple the IIe's 280x192 High-Resolution graphics ), which was offered with education models of the LCs.

The combination of the low-cost color Macintosh and Apple IIe compatibility was intended to encourage the education market's transition from Apple II models to Macintoshes.

After Apple bought NeXT in 1997, it announced it would base its next operating system on OPENSTEP.

After seeing low profits, Apple attempted to increase sales by bundling more software with the Cube, lowering the price of the base model, incorporating a CD-RW drive standard for the 500 MHz version, and offering an improved Nvidia graphics card as an option.

However, none of these alternative standards has been as widely adopted as Unicode, which is now the base character set for many new standards and protocols, and is built into the architecture of operating systems ( Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and many Unix-like systems ), programming languages ( Perl, Python, C #, Java, Common LISP, APL ), and libraries ( IBM International Components for Unicode ( ICU ) along with the Pango, Graphite, Scribe, Uniscribe, and ATSUI rendering engines ), font formats ( TrueType and OpenType ) and so on.

* Hardware, including: iPhone, iPad, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, iPod, Apple Cinema Displays, AirPort cards and base stations, Xserve, and Apple accessories such as wireless keyboards and mice.

It introduced a brand new code base completely separate from Mac OS 9's, as well as all previous Apple operating systems.

The AirPort Extreme is a Residential gateway product from Apple Inc. combining the functionality of a Router, Network switch, Wi-Fi base station and NAS as well as varied other functions.

On October 20, 2009, Apple unveiled an updated AirPort Extreme base station with antenna improvements.

On June 21, 2011, Apple unveiled an updated AirPort Extreme base station, referred to as AirPort Extreme 802. 11n ( 5th Generation ).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or an Apple tree Vert issuant from a base of the same and fructed Gules.

Apple recommend no user serviceable items other than RAM which is accessible through a small door in the base edge of the iMac, however, in the intervening years many excellent guides and videos have been posted on the internet to support replacing some internals including the HDD and optical drives, but doing so would void any remaining Apple warranty.

Recent Apple base stations allow WDS with WPA, though in some cases firmware updates are required.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Apple Tree Vert fructed Gules between two Vine Trees proper staked all issuant from a base of the second.

This motivates them to produce world class products, expand their business and customer base. American brands as McDonald's, Apple and Starbucks, plus Finnish communications giant Nokia, have established worldwide customer bases.

This allowed for flexible combinations of a modifier key and base key ( such as Open-Apple with C for Copy ) with just a few extra wires and no ROM changes, since the Apple II could only register one key press at a time ( Shift and Control keys were handled in the keyboard encoding hardware which generated ASCII codes ).

The twenty guns fired for 45 minutes, while Hays stealthily advanced his Louisiana brigade through the corn and wheat fields at the base of Apple Pie Ridge.

Had it pursued a clone program in the 1980s, in this view, Apple might have ended up in the position that at the time was occupied by Microsoft – an extremely powerful company with high profit margins and a wide base of consumers perpetually dependent on its system software products.

A controller, based on the 6502 CPU also found in the robot's contemporary, the Apple II, can control up to eight motors-the robot and two other items, such as a turntable or the aforementioned sliding base.

On the Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, Apple removed the adjustable feet from the back of the keyboard, giving it a solid base.