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ApplewasfoundedonApril1,1976,bySteveJobs,SteveWozniakandRonald
Wayne[18][19]toselltheAppleIpersonalcomputerkits.TheAppleIkitswere
computerssinglehandedlydesignedandhandbuiltbyWozniak[20][21]andfirst
showntothepublicattheHomebrewComputerClub.[22]AppleIwassoldasa
motherboard(withCPU,RAM,andbasictextualvideochips),whichwaslessthan
whatisnowconsideredacompletepersonalcomputer.[23]TheAppleIwentonsale
inJuly1976andwasmarketpricedat$666.66($2,806in2016dollars,adjustedfor
inflation).[24][25][26][27][28][29]
ThebirthplaceofAppleComputer.In
Apple'sfirstproduct,TheAppleI, 1976,SteveJobsfoundedthe
ApplewasincorporatedonJanuary3,1977,[30][31]withoutWayne,whosoldthe
wassoldasanassembledcircuit companyinthegarageofthishouse
boardandlackedbasicfeaturessuch shareofthecompanybacktoJobsandWozniakfor$800.[19]MultimillionaireMike onCristDriveinLosAltos,
asakeyboard,monitor,andcase.The Markkulaprovidedessentialbusinessexpertiseandfundingof$250,000duringthe California.
ownerofthisunitaddedakeyboard incorporationofApple.[32][33]Duringthefirstfiveyearsofoperationsrevenues
andawoodencase. grewexponentially,doublingabouteveryfourmonths.BetweenSeptember1977
andSeptember1980yearlysalesgrewfrom$775,000to$118m,anaverageannualgrowthrateof533%.[34][35]
TheAppleII,alsoinventedbyWozniak,wasintroduceditonApril16,1977,atthefirstWestCoastComputerFaire.Itdifferedfromitsmajorrivals,theTRS80
andCommodorePET,becauseofitscharactercellbasedcolorgraphicsandopenarchitecture.WhileearlyAppleIImodelsusedordinarycassettetapesasstorage
devices,theyweresupersededbytheintroductionofa51/4inchfloppydiskdriveandinterfacecalledtheDiskII.[36]TheAppleIIwaschosentobethedesktop
platformforthefirst"killerapp"ofthebusinessworld:VisiCalc,aspreadsheetprogram.VisiCalccreatedabusinessmarketfortheAppleIIandgavehomeusers
anadditionalreasontobuyanAppleII:compatibilitywiththeoffice.[37]BeforeVisiCalc,ApplehadbeenadistantthirdplacecompetitortoCommodoreand
Tandy.[38][39]