![]() He was awarded close to 450 patents ranging from computers, touch based interfaces, keyboards, portables to staircases, clasps and sleeves. During his lifetime of work as a creative entrepreneur he focused on the “look and feel” of his products and aspired for perfection in design. Steve Jobs’ ability to visualize, conceptualize and deliver path breaking products through his team and companies took the world aback and take notice. This was a vital step that changed the personal computer industry. ![]() The Macintosh, later referred to as Mac, was the first commercially successful personal computer that had a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse rather than the command line of its predecessors. In January 1984, Jobs himself introduced the first Mackintosh midst a massive media campaign spearheaded by the now famous TV commercial centered on George Orwell’s 1984. Jeff Raskin had started the Makintosh project in 1979 to design an easy to use, low cost machine for the average consumer and Jobs soon felt it to be the ideal product for his ideas. Highly inspired by the Xerox visit Jobs would bring the features to the new line of computers of his company. This visit, according to some sources, was in exchange for permitting Xerox to purchase 5% of the company for $1 million. The most notable example may be his visit to Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), with a group of Apple engineers, in 1979. Jobs’s unusual way of work and his ability to foresee a market made him a legendary business leader. #3 HE INTRODUCED GUI, BUILT IN SCREEN AND MOUSE Due to this phenomenal success, Apple II series of home computers are regarded as one of the first successful mass produced microcomputer products. When production ended in 1993, Apple had sold close to 6 million Apple II models including 1.25 million Apple II GS models alone. ![]() The first Apple II was sold on the 10th of June, 1977 and it would continue to sell for 17 more years. Jobs had convinced Mike Markkula (former Intel product marketing manager) who had put up a $60,000 investment in the company. Jobs and Wozniac had sold about 175 Apple I in the previous year but Apple II was the first consumer product to be sold by Apple Computer. Launched in 1977, Apple II was a major technological leap as compared to its predecessor. #2 HE DELIVERED THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL PERSONAL COMPUTER Apple would redefine the way we use technology, become one of the most powerful brands in recent times and more than 4 decades later would be the first US Company to be valued of at more than $800 billion in 2017 (Bloomberg). The company would go public in 1981 with a record-setting stock offering, and in 1983 it made the quickest entrance (at the time) into the Fortune 500 list of America’s top companies. and Jobs and Wozniac would go on to deliver massive hits in Apple II, Mackintosh, iPod, iPhone and the mac line of computers. Wayne would leave after a short while, Apple Computer would become Apple Inc.
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