Apple
by Jim Carlton · first published 1997
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Apple Computer, founded as a garage start-up by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, was once a shining example of the American success story. The company launched the personal-computer revolution in 1978 with the first all-purpose desktop PC, the Apple II. In 1980, long before technology stocks were popular, Apple's initial public offering was one of the most highly awaited events in Wall Street history. Jobs at twenty-five and "the Woz" at thirty became instant millionaires. Within five years, Apple, with sales of $300 million, catapulted itself into the ranks of the Fortune 500 and became
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If you want another take from that period the 1997 book "Apple" by Jim Carlton (WSJ reporter) is pretty good. The inside jacket starts "Whatever happened to Apple Computer?" and the forward by Guy Kawasaki frames the book as an after action review of a company that…
on “Steve Jobs Next Computer: His Forgotten Exile Years” ↗…small team (Quora post said the guy needed a project he could do alone). There were at least two other successful ports of MacOS to x86 back in the pre-Steve days, both described in Jim Carlton's book "Apple." Presumably those ports were trickier since they were porting code originally developed specifically for 680x0 chips rather than originally developed on a portable Unix-like operating system. Still,…
on “How 'Marklar' OS X on Intel owes its start to a one-year-old boy” ↗Maybe that's the book? (by Jim Carlton): https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Jim-Carlton/dp/0887309658
on “Ask HN: Was anyone working at Apple during Steve Jobs' return in 1997?” ↗https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Jim-Carlton/dp/0887309658
on “Ask HN: Was anyone working at Apple during Steve Jobs' return in 1997?” ↗