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[[Image:Apple-logo.png|right|thumb|150px|Apple Inc. logo]]
 
[[Image:Apple-logo.png|right|thumb|150px|Apple Inc. logo]]
'''Apple Inc.''' is a corporation based out of Cupertino, California, that deals primarily in computer hardware, software, and their line of [[MP3]] players, [[iPod]]s. Founded on April 1st, 1976, by [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], its first product was the [[Apple I]]. On January 9th, 2007, Apple Computer Inc. officially changed its name to Apple Inc. That same day, they announced iPhone, which according to Apple, combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching." <ref>http://www.apple.com/iphone/</ref>
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'''Apple Inc.''' is a corporation based out of Cupertino, California, that deals primarily in computer hardware, software, and their line of [[MP3]] players, [[iPod]]s. Founded on April 1st, 1976, by [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], its first product was the [[Apple I]]. On January 9th, 2007, Apple Computer Inc. officially changed its name to Apple Inc to include their other non compute products. That same day, they announced iPhone, which according to Apple, combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching." <ref>http://www.apple.com/iphone/</ref>
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== The [[Macintosh]] ==
 
== The [[Macintosh]] ==
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In 1984, the next huge Apple computer was released. It was called the Macintosh, which a kind of [[Apple (fruit)|apple]]. Apple paired with Adobe to create Adobe PageMaker, the first [[Desktop Publisher]] ever created. Using it, small companies could make official-looking documents, a milestone in technology history. The application ran exclusively on the Macintosh. Unfortunately, the Macintosh and the Apple II were incompatible, one being for the professional level and one being for the consumer level.
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In 1984, the next huge Apple computer was released. It was called the Macintosh, which a kind of [[Apple (fruit)|apple]]. Apple paired with Adobe to create Adobe PageMaker, the first [[Desktop Publisher]] ever created. Using it, small companies could make official-looking documents, a milestone in technology history. The application ran exclusively on the Macintosh. The Macintosh was famous for it's "1984" supperbowl advertisement. The Macintosh was the first device to have a Graphic User Interface (GUI). The name of the device was taken from Steve Job's favorite type of apples the McIntosh apples. Despite the difference in spelling the name was also used by McIntosh Labs who brought cirtin leagal problems into play. <ref> iCon: Steve Jobs </ref>
    
== The [[Apple IIg]] ==
 
== The [[Apple IIg]] ==
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