Apple Computers:
From a California Garage to a National Icon
Apple Computers is one of the most familiar business names in the United States.   From the extremely recognizable Apple logo to the simple name itself, Apple has ingrained itself into American culture.   Apple computers were one of the first computer companies, and consequently, the company in which all other computer companies in the nation desire to emulate. Companies such as Microsoft, Dell, Gateway, and every other computer company, would never have existed if it weren't for the innovative minds behind Apple computers.   Throughout their history, Apple would create an innovative design, and the rest of the nations' computer world would follow suit; never the other way around.   The second-ever Apple slogan holds true even today: "Soon there will be 2 kinds of people. Those who use computers, and those who use Apples." (Apple Wikipedia)
The founders of Apple Computers, Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak, began their company soon after the two of them nearly got arrested for creating and selling devices that could manipulate telephones.   Both young men decided to pursue a more legitimate line of business, and created their first crude computer from Job's parent's Cupertino, California house (Apple Wikipedia).   After mild success creating personal computers, a $250,000 loan was given to the business to create a personal computer far more advanced and user friendly than anything seen before. This computer was known as the Apple II.
Apple Computer's products such as: personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, personal digital assistants, and Internet content have been consistently described as user-friendly; although the founders of Apple Computers never dreamed that their company would grow to offer such a huge variety of products or success.   But while these lines of products are most certainly frontrunners in the race for computer sales, there is one that can be credited as the greatest innovation... [continues]

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