Today in #AppleHistory: Apple scrambles to fix doomed Apple III

Steve Jobs insisted the computer not feature a fan and its size and shape, without concern for engineering resulting in an overheating motherboard and Apple’s “just drop your computer” workaround.

https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-iii-overheating-motherboard

Today in Tech History — April 11, 1976:
Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs release the Apple I, Apple's first product. Sold as a fully assembled motherboard (no case, keyboard, or monitor), it ran on a MOS 6502 @ 1 MHz with 4 KB RAM. Price? $666.66. Just 200 were made. It sparked the home computer revolution and launched one of the most iconic tech companies ever.

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Today in #AppleHistory: Steve Jobs says Apple is finally debt-free

February 18, 2004: Apple CEO Steve Jobs sends an internal memo to employees revealing that the company is, for the first time in years, totally debt-free.

https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-debt-free

Today in #AppleHistory: Pismo PowerBook is a multimedia powerhouse

February 16, 2000: Apple introduces the “Pismo” PowerBook

I loved my Pismo, wrote most of my first book on it. One of the best laptops Apple ever made.

https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/pismo-powerbook-launch

Today in #AppleHistory - Steve Wozniak leaves Apple:

A lack of respect for the Apple frustrated, by Apple’s shifting leads to Steve Wozniak's departure from the company he founded.

25 years of Apple's innovation with iPod - a nice deep dive into the impact of the iPod for Apple and its customers.

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A brief history of the Finder - a fun look back of where it started and how it’s become what we know today.

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Today in #AppleHistory: iPhone comes to Verizon at last

On February 3, 2011, the iPhone arrived on the largest U.S. carrier. Bringing iPhone to Verizon Wireless ended four years of AT&T exclusivity.

And my ex husband pitched his blackberry storm clear across our living room and then walked over and stomped on it.

On this day in 1978, Apple Computer moved into its first real headquarters in Cupertino. See the floor plan of Bandley 1 (Steve Jobs got his own office, but not for why you'd think!

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