Apple was born : 

February 24, 1955,Adams was born in San Francisco, USA. Just born, he was working in a restaurant in San Francisco in the United States and the chic faction's father's mother abandoned the bar manager. 幸Fortunately, a pair of well-meaning husband and wife took him.

Although the adopted son, but parents telling them well, as parents.Jobs student smart, naughty, wanton, like the ingenuity to come up with some of the often ironic joke. But how very superior to his academic performance.

At the time, Jobs lived in the later famous "Silicon Valley" near neighbors are "Silicon Valley" veterans - Hewlett-Packard 's staff.  Under the influence of these people, Steve Jobs is very obsessed with small electronics .  A Hewlett-Packard engineer to see he is so obsessed, it is recommended that he participate in HP's "discoverer of the club." This is a special gathering held for young engineers, every Tuesday evening in the company held in the restaurant . At a party, Jobs first saw the computer, he began to have a hazy understanding of the computer.

 In the junior high school (1976), Steve Jobs at a student party, and Steve Wozniak (Steve Wozniak) to meet, the two hit it off. Steve Wozniak is the school of electronicClub president, electronic with great interest.

19 years old, Steve Jobs had only one semester leave of absence because of economic factors, as Atari video game company, a staff member. Staying with friends (Wards home) garage, often to attend community college calligraphy class courses. In 1974, he was making money to Indian spirituality, suffered enough, had to return to Atari's done an engineer.

Settled down, Jobs continued his interest in childhood, often with Wozniak a, pondering in their own car library computer.  They dream to have a own computer, but when the market sells are commercial and bulky, very expensive, so they prepare their own development.  Manufacture of personal computers is necessary microprocessor , but when the 8080 chip to $ 270 retail price, and do not sell to individuals.

Two people do not lose heart, still continue to look for, and finally in the year 1976 on the San Francisco Fair Wisconsin bought computer productsMotorola produced the 6502 chip, and Intel's 8080 feature is almost the same, but the price is just $ 20.  With 6502 chips, two ecstasy of young people back to the garage of Steve Jobs, started his great innovation. They designed a circuit board, the 6502 microprocessor and the interface and some other components installed in the above, the microprocessor through the interface with the keyboard, video display devices connected together, just a few weeks, the computer fitted.

 Steve Jobs's friends are shocked, but they did not realize that this homely things, the future will bring much of the world. But the shrewd estimate of the computer immediately Jobs market value. To raise production money, he sold his Volkswagen brand cars, while Wards also sold his cherished HP 65 calculator. In this way, they have a foundation of $ 1,300 Albert.

That, Steve Jobs, Wozniak and Steve Jobs's friends Dragon Wayne (Long Wayne) has an impact on future generations to do things: the three of them signed a contract, decided to set up a computer company. Subsequently, the 21-year-old 26-year-old Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the garage set up their own Apple.The company's name from Apple's Steve Jobs prefer the final word - called Apple.Later spread to is the famous trademark - one was a bite of the apple. Their computers were naturally made to recover that "Apple I," a computer.

Early Development :

But in the beginning, "Apple" computer business is very light, after all, it is a new thing, in addition to electronic interested people, who knows what this thing . Useful, and original of the "Apple One" interested friends now on the sidelines, waiting for better "Apple II," the introduction. An occasional opportunity to "Apple" brings a turning point.

July 1976, the retailer Paul Roth Rael (Paul Jay Terrell) came to the garage of Steve Jobs, when watching Steve Jobs demonstrate computer proficiency, he believes that "apple" promising machine, determined to take a Risk - Order 50 machine, but requires delivery within a month, Steve Jobs overjoyed, and immediately signed a contract finalized transactions, this is the first made of the "big business."

Time is too short, but arduous task, Jobs and Wozniak braved the heat, day and night to dry up, to the company's survival, they fight it. Almost every day they are in the sweat and struggle to spend a week working 66 hours. In the first 29 days they finally miraculously completed the task, the 50 "Apple" computer to the merchant shown with Trail.

50 machine in the hands of the Trail quickly sold out, have a good start.  company became famous.  Began a small batch production. Jobs and Wozniak began to realize that they are not sufficient to cope with the small capital of this rapid development. Jobs later recalled: "about the fall of 1976, I found that the growth of the market faster than we think, we need more money." To this end, they split up to find financial support, including the inauguration of the company Wards Hewlett-Packard, but unfortunately, these companies do not realize which business opportunities and hidden market.

April 1977, the first time in U.S. history on the West Coast Computer Fair opened. In order to play in exhibition reputation, Jobs everywhere, spend huge sums of money, at the exhibition booth to get the biggest and best. More compelling, of course, Apple II, prototype, it is a change in the past heavy clumsy personal computer, design complexity, difficult to operate the image, small, lightweight, easy to operate and can be placed at home with other distinctive features, focusing on the hearts of the audience. It is only 12 pounds, only 10 screw assembly, the plastic shell nice, looks like a beautiful typewriter .People could not believe this small machine can escape from the big screen spectacular on continuous display, as a kaleidoscope of colors, "Apple II" machine in the blockbuster exhibition, thousands of users flocking to the booth to watch , trial, orders have come.In 1980, " The Wall Street Journal , "the full-page ad that says" Apple is a 21st century bike ", and posted a huge picture of Steve Jobs.

December 12, 1980, Apple's stock is publicly traded in less than an hour, 460 million shares were all sold out the day to close at $ 29 a share. According to the closing price of Apple executives had four more than 40 billionaires and millionaires. Of course, as the company founder Steve Jobs is ranked first. In 1983, Lisa and Apple Iie database release, priced at $ 9,998 and $ 1,395. Apple to become the fastest growing company in history. But Lisa foreshadowed the release of Apple's decline, a not realistic, even the Americans are Xiangui computer is not much market, and the Apple Lisa and embezzled a large number of R & D funding. Can be said that the rise of Apple when it was the beginning of its decline.