The Apple I, dreamed up by Steve Wozniak and sold by Steve Jobs, was a game-changer. It had built-in video, so you could hook it up to a regular monitor and keyboard. Before that, you needed expensive teletype machines. It took computers out of big institutions and put them where regular people and hobbyists could use them, which started the whole personal computing thing.
It was made to be simple and easy to use. It ran on a MOS Technology 6502 chip at 1.023 MHz and had 4 KB of memory, which you could expand to 64 KB. This meant people could run BASIC at home. It was sold as just a circuit board for $666.66, so people could build and change their own computers. Because the Apple I did so well, Apple went from a small business to a huge tech company. This success made way for the Apple II in 1977, which had color, slots for upgrades, and floppy disk support, making personal computers much widely liked.
Besides the Apple I, 1976 was a super important year. The Altair 8800 got hobbyists excited about microcomputing the year before with the Intel 8080 CPU. It even inspired Gates and Allen to start Microsoft to make BASIC compilers for these early computers. All these things together made computing available to everyone, turning it from special equipment into regular household stuff.
The Apple I left a big footprint. It's where modern personal computing started. It shows how being bold, creative, community-minded, and having a clear idea can change how technology fits into our lives.
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The Apple I, dreamed up by Steve Wozniak and sold by Steve Jobs, was a game-changer. It had built-in video, so you could hook it up to a regular monitor and keyboard. Before that, you needed expensive teletype machines. It took computers out of big institutions and put them where regular people and hobbyists could use them, which started the whole personal computing thing.
It was made to be simple and easy to use. It ran on a MOS Technology 6502 chip at 1.023 MHz and had 4 KB of memory, which you could expand to 64 KB. This meant people could run BASIC at home. It was sold as just a circuit board for $666.66, so people could build and change their own computers. Because the Apple I did so well, Apple went from a small business to a huge tech company. This success made way for the Apple II in 1977, which had color, slots for upgrades, and floppy disk support, making personal computers much widely liked.
Besides the Apple I, 1976 was a super important year. The Altair 8800 got hobbyists excited about microcomputing the year before with the Intel 8080 CPU. It even inspired Gates and Allen to start Microsoft to make BASIC compilers for these early computers. All these things together made computing available to everyone, turning it from special equipment into regular household stuff.
The Apple I left a big footprint. It's where modern personal computing started. It shows how being bold, creative, community-minded, and having a clear idea can change how technology fits into our lives.