Jobs leaves Apple - key data in company history

The legendary Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple, a company that is co-founder. Probababil that now everyone is wondering what will happen to Apple if Tim Cook, the new CEO will be able to carry on the history of Apple.

But to understand what actually Apple, here are some key dates in its history, published by Canoe.ca.

1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first computer presents Apple in Palo Alto, California. Its price was at that time, under $ 700.

1977: Apple 2, the first mass produced personal computer, was an immediate success.

1980: Apple to exchange lists.

1983: Lisa, first owned a computer mouse, and icons and files, is launched. Its failure is attributed to high price, nearly $ 10,000.

1984: Macintosh makes its debut. It is considered accessible and offers several innovations, including a drive and mouse.

1985: Steve Jobs resigns after an internal struggle for power.

1986: John Sculley becomes president of Apple. Steve Jobs created NeXT computer company and buy Pixar Animation Studios company of George Lucas.

1996: Apple buys NeXT and Steve Jobs became advisor.

1997: Steve Jobs takes control group. Competitor Microsoft is investing 150 million dollars in the company.

1998: Steve Jobs make Apple product line and launch the iMac Color 1300 dollars.

1999: Start comericalizarea iBook, presented as a portable iMac.

2001: Apple launches the iPod, which sells for $ 399, and opened its first store in Palo Alto.

2003: Apple opens first store online music, iTunes.

2004: Steve Jobs undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer.

2007: Apple enters the market of smartphones with the iPhone.

2009: Steve Jobs takes medical leave from January to June, and suffers from a liver transplant.

2010: Apple launches iPhone tablet. In May, the group reached number one in terms of capitalization, surpassing Microsoft.

2011:

January 17: Steve Jobs takes medical leave.

January 18: Apple reported record quarterly earnings of $ 6 billion and a turnover of 26.74 billion dollars.

March 2: Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at the presentation last version of iPhone.

June 6: Steve Jobs comes back to launch icloud.

July 19: Apple announces new record financial results: quarterly profit of $ 7.31 billion.

August 9: oil giant ExxonMobil Apple capitalization exceeds the company's most expensive in the world.

August 24: Steve Jobs resigns and is replaced by Tim Cook. Steve Jobs became chairman of the board.

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Tiger vs. Vista

How does Windows Vista compare to Mac OS X Tiger?
"Microsoft seems to have taken many cues from Mac OS X with the user interface and features, right down to some of the terminology. Even some of Vista's icons are amazingly similar to those in Tiger." - John Rizzo.
Competitive and fast are two terms that are applicable to the world of computers. Constantly changing and evolving computer systems bring many advantages to the users and techies alike. The race for supremacy between the yet to be launched Vista (scheduled for 2006) and Mac OSX Tiger began in 2003 with Microsoft’s announcements of plans for an integrated desktop search functionality in Windows Vista.

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Iphone

The iPhone, will be three devices in one: a cell phone, a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device. Cingular is the lucky carrier.

Apple made it a quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) world phone. Considering the multimedia-friendly feature set, the omission of any 3G compatibility is a bit bizarre, particularly since Cingular now offers UMTS and HSDPA.

They pulled a new trick out of its hat with Visual Voicemail. Rather than forcing you to call your voice mail and waiting to browse through multiple messages to hear the one you want, Visual Voicemail displays all the messages you have in a list, similar to an e-mail in-box. All you have to do is select the message you want and listen away.

It's tough to truly evaluate the iPhone's capability as a music and video player without some hands-on experience, but a cursory look at the product shots and details gives us some idea; that, and the fact it's closely related to the highly rated iPod music player iPod. In short, the iPhone is sure to offer an easy-to-use media playback interface, and the breadth of content offered by iTunes (its compatible service) ensures you'll never be wanting for music or video files. Of course, the touch-screen interface will take some getting used to for users who are accustomed to the iPod's Clickwheel.

The iPhone, which will be offered in 4GB and 8GB capacities (flash memory), doesn't have any restrictions on how much of that memory you choose to fill up with media content--no 100-track limit, as is the case with the Motorola Rokr. The convergence device also takes a step away from its iPod brethren by offering a built-in mic for audio recordings. And unlike most cell phones, the iPhone offers a standard 3.5mm audio jack, which will work with all mainstream stereo headphones. There's no FM radio but that's nothing new from Apple. Source: www.cnet.com