Amaya Toman A cikin rabin na biyu na Afrilu 1977, Apple ya gabatar da sabon samfurinsa mai suna Apple II a West Coast Computer Faire. Wannan kwamfuta ta nuna ainihin juyin juya hali a fagen fasahar sadarwa a zamaninta. Ita ce na'ura ta farko da Apple ya samar wanda da gaske aka yi niyya don kasuwa mai yawa. Ba kamar "tushe na gini" Apple-I ba, magajinsa na iya yin alfahari da ƙira mai kyau na kwamfutar da aka yi da komai. Jerry Manock, wanda daga baya ya kera Macintosh na farko, shi ne ke da alhakin kera kwamfutar Apple II.
Bugu da ƙari ga ƙirarta mai ban sha'awa, kwamfutar Apple II ta ba da maɓalli, daidaitawar BASIC, da zane-zane masu launi. A lokacin da ake gabatar da na’urar kwamfuta a wajen baje kolin da aka ambata, babu daya daga cikin manyan mutane a masana’antar a lokacin. A cikin zamanin kafin intanet, irin waɗannan abubuwan sun jawo dubban abokan ciniki masu sha'awar gaske.
A bangaren kwamfutar da kamfanin Apple ya nuna a wurin baje kolin, da dai sauransu, sabuwar tambarin kamfanin, wanda jama'a suka gani a karon farko, ya haskaka. Tambarin yana da siffar tuffa da aka cije a yanzu kuma tana ɗauke da launukan bakan gizo, marubucin shi Rob Janoff. Alamar sauƙi mai wakiltar sunan kamfani ta maye gurbin zane na baya daga alkalami na Ron Wayne, wanda ya nuna Isaac Newton yana zaune a ƙarƙashin itacen apple.
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Tun daga farkon aikinsa a Apple, Steve Jobs ya san mahimmancin samfurin da aka gabatar. Ko da yake a lokacin Nunin Kwamfuta na Yammacin Kogin Yamma bai samar da kyakkyawan yanayi kamar yadda taron Apple daga baya ba, Ayyuka sun yanke shawarar yin amfani da mafi yawan taron. Apple ya yanke shawarar jawo hankalin abokan ciniki masu yuwuwa tun daga farko, sabili da haka ya mamaye rumfuna hudu na farko a wurin dama a babban ƙofar ginin. Godiya ga wannan matsayi mai mahimmanci, tayin kamfanin Cupertino shine abu na farko da ya gai da baƙi lokacin isowa. Amma akwai yuwuwar wasu masu baje koli fiye da 170 da ke fafatawa da Apple a wurin bikin. Kasafin kudin kamfanin bai kasance mafi karamci ba, don haka Apple ba zai iya ba da kayan ado mai ban sha'awa na tsayawarsa ba. Koyaya, ya isa ga plexiglass na baya tare da sabon tambarin. Tabbas, akwai kuma nau'ikan Apple II akan nunin a tsaye - akwai dozin daga cikinsu. Amma waɗannan samfurori ne waɗanda ba a gama ba, domin kwamfutocin da aka gama bai kamata su ga hasken rana ba har sai Yuni.
A tarihi, kwamfuta ta biyu daga taron bitar Apple ba da daɗewa ba ta zama layin samfuri mai mahimmanci. A cikin shekarar farko da sayar da shi, Apple II ya kawo wa kamfanin samun kudin shiga na dala dubu 770. A cikin shekara mai zuwa, ya riga ya kasance dala miliyan 7,9, kuma a cikin shekara mai zuwa ko da dala miliyan 49. Kwamfutar ta yi nasara sosai har Apple ya kera ta a wasu nau'ikan har zuwa farkon shekarun XNUMX. Baya ga kwamfutar kamar haka, Apple ya gabatar da babbar manhajar sa ta farko a wancan lokacin, masarrafar ma'auni mai suna VisiCalc.
Apple II ya shiga tarihi a cikin 1970s a matsayin samfurin da ya taimaka wajen sanya Apple akan taswirar manyan kamfanonin kwamfuta.
