Introduction:
Do you know how Apple was created? Do you really or do you just think you do? Apple or Mac is the same company. It was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Steve Jobs handled the marketing and Steve Wozniak managed the technical part. In 1976, Steve Wozniak showed Steve Jobs the product that was called Apple 1, it was a revolutionary product that Steve Wozniak only wanted to sell to the computer experts (programmers) and the government. But then Steve Jobs convinced Steve Wozniak to go and sell it to Intel. This is why today Apple is using intel. This was the birth of Apple computer. Then, when they created Apple 2, they made it a little bit more advanced and they doubled most of the specifications. Apple had a long history with multiple designs, there were different logos, different computer designs and even had Inspirations.
Design Introduction:
Apple (or “Mac”) is a very famous company, which is proud of its brand. It has went through quite a history, with its logos, inspiration and designs. Steve Jobs, as we know, is one co-founder of Apple and we know that he was handling the marketing, but he also managed the logos and designs of his products. Steve Jobs did not get all these ideas without inspirations.
Inspirations:
Steve Jobs was inspired by his house architect, called Joseph Eichler. He inspired Steve Jobs because he had a simple design but yet it looked rich and since his family was a poor family they lived in a house that looked as if they were rich. Therefore, his designs looked very classy and in the same time it was cheap for what it offered. Not only the architect had inspired him for the design but also for the logo. But that was not his only inspiration, as per his biography, wri...
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...t much slower than in the past and that means that people are not buying Apple for what it offers, but they buy Apple because of it’s elegant design and it’s name. This is what the Mac’s appeal was through history. If you care to read more about Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak then please visit the websites in the sources list and read the book by Walter Isaacson.
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Steve Jobs and his friend Wozniak started to create their very first computer, and it came out a lot better than what they thought it was going to be. With very little education, the first computer that came out was extraordinary. “It was the first single-board computer with built-in circuitry allowing for direct video interface, along with a central ROM, which allowed it to load programs from an external source” (“Steve P. Jobs”). Without the education that most people get, for someone who dropped out of college, Jobs created such a powerful computer without the knowledge that most people have. Jobs computer that he created along with his friend was so astonishing a second computer came out. “A year later, the Apple II was launched with a simple, compact design like the Apple I, plus a color monitor” (“Steve Paul Jobs”). The first computer that Jobs created was excellent enough to create a second one, which was also a superior computer. Even though Jobs dropped out of college, he was still intelligent enough to create one of the biggest companies in the world. Apple incorporations was going strong until one day the company decided to let Steve Jobs go,...
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He and Mike Markkula ( one of the orignal investors of Apple Co.) knew that contrary to the popular saying people do judge a book by a cover and that people form their opinions about a company and its products based on the way its presented and packaged. Hence, Steve Jobs paid immense attention to the BOX of The Macintosh and forced the designers to come up with new innovative ideas. . He obsessed over the design of the boxes in which the iPods and iPhones were kept, and insisted on adding a handle when the candy-colored new iMacs were introduced, adding a needless expense in order to make the product a bit more friendlier.
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