{"id":37427,"date":"2016-04-08T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=10780"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:10:24","slug":"apple-blew-out-its-40-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/apple-blew-out-its-40-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple celebrates its 40th Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Apple<\/a><\/p>\n

Born in 1976, in Steve Jobs\u2019 parents\u2019 garage, Apple has grown to become a global tech brand. But its road to success was also filled with a number of failures. And for its 40 years of existence<\/strong>, Apple has been looking for new sources of growth.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s flash back on 40 years of history.<\/p>\n

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Apple is born on April 1, 1976<\/h2>\n

The first Apple computer is created in Steve Jobs\u2019 childhood home. With the computer genius Steve Wozniak, Jobs develops the Apple I, one of the first individual microcomputers. Only 200 units are produced and cost something Iike $2,100.<\/p>\n

The first brand logo represents Isaac Newton<\/h2>\n

Designed by Ronald Wayne, one of Apple Computer\u2019s three cofounders, the logo represents the famous physician Isaac Newton seated under an apple tree. And in 1977, the brand adopts the munched apple. On its 30th birthday, Apple Computer becomes Apple.<\/p>\n

Apple finds success 1 year after its creation<\/h2>\n

Released on June 10, 1977, Apple II is the first personal computer produced in large quantities. For seven years, Apple sells over two million copies of this computer. It has a color monitor, eight extension slots, and a keyboard!<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s first computer weighs 19 pounds<\/h2>\n

In January 1984, Apple Computer puts out the Macintosh<\/strong>, its mainstream computer. It is the first computer to have a graphic interface, which doesn\u2019t need code. Its portable version is released in 1989 and weighs 19 pounds.<\/p>\n

In 1998, the iMac signals a new era<\/h2>\n

In 1985, Steve Jobs<\/strong> is dismissed from Apple and makes his major comeback in 1997. The iMac<\/strong> is out in 1997, and thanks to its rounded edges and bright colors, makes history!<\/p>\n

Apple counts as many failures as successes<\/h2>\n

If Apple has made iconic products, others have marked its great failures. The Apple III, in the early \u201880s, is made without internal fan. The Newton, a sort of personal assistant known as the iPad\u2019s ancestor, is also a failure.<\/p>\n

5 men mark Apple\u2019s history<\/h2>\n

Ok, we know Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the two brand founders. But we shouldn\u2019t forget the following:<\/p>\n