Influences on Technology From Steve Jobs

By Julia Nguyen

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Outline I. Computers A. Introduction B. How it Works C. Advantages Steve Jobs A. Beginning B. Ideas C. Business Apple Evolution A. B. C. D. Different Versions Releases Gross Income Popularity

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Computers are used everywhere in the world, and used by almost everyone. A computer is an electronic device for storing and processing data. It has five parts which are: Input, Output, CPU, Memory, and disk (storage). This was founded in the late 30s and has been improving over the decades. Computers have unimaginably changed our society in slow and fast progressions. A CPU is the central processing unit which controls all calculations, manipulations, and output. Memory is RAM (random access memory) and is only temporary storage; Disk is a permanent storage where all software and data is stored. This invention is basically input/ output, where one thing is sent and something else comes out. The advantages of the computer are that it is incredibly efficient. Before this invention was founded, progress in businesses was very slow. Computers have improved the way of living and transportation. It has made people more self-sufficient in work, because it allows them to do their tasks by themselves.

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Steven Jobs was labeled an outsider in his early years. After he finished high school, he later dropped out of school and worked at a few companies. His friend, Steven Wozniak, had designed what would have been the Apple 1 in 1976 and Jobs had convinced Wozniak to sell it on April 1, 1976. Apple I was not taken very seriously and it wasnt until the Apple II was debuted at a computer trade show in 1977. The Apple II came in a plastic case and contained color graphics. By the time Apple IIV was released, Apple was booming and the company contained thousands of workers. Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak were co-chairmen of the company, until Wozniak had been injured and Jobs became the only chairman of Apple. Their invention of Apple had revolutionized technology and making it efficient to the everyday consumers. The business had sky rocketed up to $ 139 million dollars in sales and each year, new Apple products had increased the companys reputation. Magazines have named it the No. 1 in most admired companies.
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The first Apple products were smaller machines than the average technology at the time in the late 70s. Years later, Apple has evolved the previous with new models, like: IPhone versions, Macintosh, IPad, IPod, MacBook, etc. These models had been released gradually, one at a time starting with the Apple models in 1976. In 2007, the innovations were booming with profits on the new touch screen models. In the third quarter reports of 2013 for Apples income, Apple had sold over 31.2 million IPhones. Its net profit for this quarter was $6.9 billion dollars. However, Apple had sold 3 million IPads less than last year. Though Apple products are still high on demand, it has declined in popularity due to expensive pricing, and has competition against Samsung. The company had given a significant discount to the MacBook Air, but is still quite expensive. However, a great population of the country is still average consumers of these products.

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References Used For The Project

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