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1 To 500 Mhz Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, two good friends from high school, started a revolution that will never end. They invented the first Apple computer (Slater 3) The Apple I, they called it, ran on one megahertz and had eight thousand bites of memory and only eight bits of pixels on the screen (Levey 5). By today's standards that is absolutely nothing. Much like people of today, the first testers of the computer did not even take it seriously. It wasn't until the Apple II came out in 1977 that people paid attention to the Apple computers. The Apple II was almost exactly like the Apple I, but it was comparatively inexpensive, at $1,298 (Levey 11). From 1977 to 1993 Apple Computer produced and extension to the Apple II series. Based on the MOStek 6502 microprocessor, the first Apple II was the first personal computer with the ability to display color graphics and to come in a stylish plastic housing (Levey 15). From then on, Apple updated the Apple II line further creating the Apple II+ with increased memory, the Apple IIe, which is the only Apple computer to date to have been produced for more than a decade, the Apple IIc, a compact version of the Apple IIe with a faster processor and expanded memory, the Apple IIc+, a later version of the Apple IIc, and the Apple IIgs, the first, last and only 16-bit Apple II, designed to produce enhanced graphics and sound, with a much more powerful microprocessor, and still compatible with the older 8-bit Apple II software (Levey 24). Even the new Apple III could not top the outstanding performance of the Apple II series. Because of it's outrageous price of $4,000 - $7,000, and minimal improvements the Apple III is considered one of the biggest bombs in the history of Apple Computers. The next computer, the "Lisa", which was named after Steve Jobs's daughter, whom he neglected, was a giant leap from the Apple III.... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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