Apple Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who partnered together to form the tech giant we all know and (might) love today. However, the two started from humble beginnings. The first business venture the two embarked on was selling "blue boxes" that enabled one to make long-distance calls free of charge. Jobs later told his biographer that if it wasn't for those blue boxes, "there wouldn't have been an Apple."
The birth of microcomputers fascinated Wozniak and led to his desire to own a microprocessor. Unfortunately, the only two chips that existed that would suit his standards were an Intel 8080 and a Motorola 6800, both costing around $800 in today's money, so he bided his time and learned more and more about computers, which would prove to be very valuable knowledge.
The first computer Apple produced was fittingly named the Apple I. It was a bare-bones computer, coming with the bare necessities for it to work. It did not include a case, mouse, keyboard, or monitor, just the exposed machinery inside. They would produce many other PCs, including the smash hit Apple II, but in 1985 an issue would soon arise that would cause Jobs and Wozniak to leave the company. CEO John Sculley and Steve Jobs had wildly different views about where the company should go next, and ultimately it led to him leaving entirely.
Today, we recognize Apple as one, if not the, largest tech company in existence.
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