Amaya Toman Na uku na Janairu 1977 ya wakilci Apple - sannan har yanzu Apple Computer Co. - wani muhimmin ci gaba. A lokacin ne kamfanin ya zama kamfani kuma an jera Steve Jobs da Steve Wozniak a matsayin wadanda suka kafa shi a hukumance.
Ron Wayne, wanda shi ma a lokacin da aka haifi kamfanin kuma shi ne ya fara saka hannun jari a ciki, ya kare bai shiga cikin yarjejeniyar ba. A wancan lokacin, ya riga ya sayar da kasonsa a Apple don - daga mahangar yau, abin ban dariya - dala 800. Kamfanin yana bin bashin kuɗaɗe da ƙwarewar da suka wajaba don a ayyana Apple a matsayin kamfani ga Mike Markkul, wanda ya yi muhimmiyar alama a tarihin Apple.
Bayan kafuwarta a watan Afrilun 1976, Apple ya fitar da kwamfuta ta farko, wato Apple-1. A yau, tana fitar da kuɗaɗen ilmin taurari a gwanjoji a duk faɗin duniya, a lokacin da aka fitar da shi (Yuni 1976) an sayar da shi akan dala 666,66 na shaidan kuma tabbas ba za a iya la'akari da takamaimai buga ba. Ƙididdigar adadin raka'a ne kawai ya shigo cikin duniya kuma, ba kamar samfuran daga baya daga Apple ba, bai yi fice ta kowace hanya mai tsauri ba idan aka kwatanta da gasar. Bugu da kari, rukunin abokan cinikin kamfanin a wancan lokacin suna da nau'i daban-daban fiye da yadda yake a yau.
Steve Jobs, Mike Markulla, Steve Wozniak da kwamfutar Apple-1:
Canjin ya faru ne kawai tare da sakin samfurin Apple II. Ita ce kwamfuta ta farko da kamfanin Cupertino ya kera ta musamman don kasuwar jama'a. An sayar da shi tare da madannai kuma yana alfahari da dacewa da BASIC da kuma zane mai launi. Siffar ta ƙarshe ce, tare da kayan aiki masu ƙarfi da amfani da software, gami da wasanni da kayan aikin samarwa, wanda ya sa Apple II ya zama samfur mai nasara sosai.
Babu shakka za a iya siffanta Apple II a matsayin kwamfuta da ta yi gaban zamaninta ta hanyoyi da dama, dangane da zayyananta daga wurin taron bita na Jerry Manock da ayyukanta. An yi amfani da shi ta 1 MHz MOS 6502 processor kuma yana da ƙwaƙwalwar faɗaɗawa daga 4KB zuwa 48KB, katin sauti, ramummuka takwas don ƙarin haɓakawa da kuma haɗaɗɗen madanni. Da farko, masu Apple II suma suna iya amfani da kaset na sauti don gudanar da shirye-shirye da adana bayanai, bayan shekara guda juyin juya halin ya zo a cikin nau'in diski na biyu na diski na 5 1/4 inch. "Ina ganin ya kamata kwamfutar sirri ta zama karama, abin dogaro, dacewa don amfani kuma mara tsada." Steve Wozniak ya bayyana a lokacin a wata hira da mujallar Byte.
Apple II Computer:
Samar da kwamfuta kusan cikakke, duk da haka, a hankali yana buƙatar tsadar kuɗi mafi girma fiye da Ayyuka da Wozniak zasu iya kashewa a lokacin. A lokacin ne ceto ya zo a cikin hanyar Mike Markkula da jarin da ya yi. An gabatar da Markkula zuwa Ayyuka ta hanyar tallata guru Regis McKenna da ɗan jari hujja Don Valentine. A cikin 1976, Markkula ya amince da Ayyuka da Wozniak don ƙirƙirar tsarin kasuwanci don Apple. Manufar su ita ce su kai dala miliyan 500 a tallace-tallace a cikin shekaru goma. Markkula ya sakawa kamfanin Apple dala 92 daga aljihunsa kuma ya taimakawa kamfanin samun wani alluran kudi a matsayin lamunin dala miliyan kwata daga bankin Amurka. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan Apple ya zama kamfani a hukumance, Michael Scott ya zama shugaban kamfanin na farko - albashinsa na shekara a lokacin shine $26.
A ƙarshe, zuba jari a cikin abubuwan da aka ambata da gaske ya biya ga Apple. Kwamfutar Apple II ta kawo mata kudaden shiga dala 770 a shekarar da aka sake ta, dala miliyan 7,9 a shekara ta gaba, har ma da daraja miliyan 49 a shekarar da ta gabata.
