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Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our world

The Conversation · · 1178 words · By Nick Dalton

The article provides a chronological overview of Apple's technological innovations from the 1970s to 2008, highlighting key products like the Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. It emphasizes Steve Jobs' role in transforming computing into a personal technology and notes the impact of Apple's ecosystem, including the App Store and iTunes. The text mentions media predictions about the iPhone's failure and the success of the App Store, while framing Apple's achievements as revolutionary.

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“In the early 1970s, the idea of an ordinary person owning a computer sounded absurd.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper. The company produced a number of computers during the 1980…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A personal computer (PC), or simply computer, is a computer designed for personal use. It is typically used for tasks such as word processing, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and gaming…
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“Computers back then were more like aircraft carriers or nuclear power plants than household appliances – vast machines housed in data centres operated by teams of specialists, serving governments, universities and large corporations.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of computing hardware spans developments from early devices used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advances in both analog and digital technology. The firs…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Human–computer interaction (HCI) is the process through which people operate and engage with computer systems. Research in HCI covers the design and the use of computer technology, which focuses on th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In computing, machine code is data encoded and structured to control a computer's central processing unit (CPU) via its programmable interface. A computer program consists primarily of sequences of ma…
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“Founded on April 1 1976 by 'college dropouts' Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the Silicon Valley startup did not invent computing.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at C…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin. A British-American co-production, it was adapted from the 2011 biography by Walter Isaacson and interv…
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“The earliest Apple I units, featuring handmade koa wooden cases, now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
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“The Apple II, launched in June 1977, introduced something new: style. Even its colour – beige! – was distinctive, contrasting with the black metal boxes common at that time.”
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“The use of colour graphics was both new and exciting, and the keyboard felt satisfying to use.”
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“The mouse – a whole new way of interacting”
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“By 1979, the 24-year-old Jobs – sensing that tech giant IBM was catching up with Apple – went looking for the next big thing.”
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“Jobs realised that researchers such as Alan Kay at Xerox’s Palo Alto research centre were creating the next generation of computing interfaces.”
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“Central to this was a device invented by Kay’s mentor, Douglas Engelbart, at Stanford University in the mid-1960s and nicknamed 'the mouse'.”
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“The Macintosh – dawn of the modern product launch”
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“In January 1984, the first Apple Mac pushed this idea to new extremes.”
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“The traditional need for obscure computer commands (and manuals) vanished.”
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“The Mac’s launch was not just another technological leap for Apple. It also inspired the now-familiar cultural moment of the modern product launch.”
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“Jobs used a 1,500-seat theatre on January 24 to create a stage performance centred on a single charismatic presenter.”
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“Pixar – Jobs’s side hustle”
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“Its RenderMan software generated images by distributing processing across multiple machines simultaneously.”
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“iMac – a meeting of minds”
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“In September 1997, he returned to Apple as interim CEO with the company 'two months from bankruptcy'.”
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“During this restructuring, he visited Apple’s design studio and immediately hit it off with young British designer Jony Ive.”
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“The iMac's release in 1998, the design by Jony Ive, and the CD drive replacement.”
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“The iPod's release in 2001 with 1,000 songs, the click wheel, and iTunes.”
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“The iPhone's 2007 launch, the sales figures, and the impact on social media.”
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“The App Store's launch in 2008 and its role in app distribution.”
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