Steve Jobs (1955-2011), inventor, entrepreneur, Apple co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer. Jobs and friends set up the Apple computer company in 1976, he accompanied the decades of ups and downs with the revival of Apple, has led and launched the Macintosh computer , iMac , iPod , iPhone and other electronic products swept the world millions of people, a profound changed the way of modern communication, entertainment and even life. October 5, 2011, he died of illness at the age of 56 years. Steve Jobs is to change the world genius, with his acumen and extraordinary wisdom, courage to change and innovation, leading the trend of the global information technology and electronic products, computers and electronic products has become simple and civilians, so that used to be expensive and rare electronic products become part of modern life.
Personal life
Apple was born
February 24, 1955, Steve Joe cloth
Steve jobs early photosBorn in the United States, San Francisco.Just born, was in the United States a San Francisco restaurant working father sent bar and free and easy the mother abandonedFortunately, a good husband and wife took him in. Although it is good, but to his adoptive parents but very well, as parents.Student days, smart jobs naughty, unbridled, often like to try to be unique to make out some is the funny prank.However, his study result is very outstanding. At that time, Steve jobs is in later life of the famous "silicon valley" near, neighbors are "silicon valley" senators--。Staff. In these people, the impact of Steve jobs since the childhood is obsessed withelectronics。.。A HP engineers see he was so crazy about, recommend him to HP's "the discoverer of the club".This is a special young engineer for a party, every Tuesday night in the company of a restaurant.。At a party, the first time I saw the jobs computer, he began to computer have a hazy understanding. In middle school (1976), what jobs in a classmate party, and Steve Wozniak (Steve Wozniak) meet, two from the Steve wozniak is the school electronic jobs
The President of the club, the electronic have great interest.And at age 19, what jobs read just a semester because economic factors and drop out and becomeVideo game company's a clerk.Lend a friend's house (woz home) garage, often to sit in on the community collegeClass courses.1974年，Spiritual time, eat up-had to backDo an engineer. Settle down after, Steve jobs continue to his interest in youth, often woz and Virginia a gram, in his own car garage ponder the computer.They dream can own one computer, but at the time the market sells are all commercial, and huge volume, extremely expensive, so they are prepared to develop their own.Manufacturing personal computer is necessarymicroprocessor，人。, but at the time of the 8080 chip retail price for $270, and do not sell to individuals. people don't lose heart, still continue to look for, and finally in 1976 year San Francisco Wisconsin computer product sale arrived Released 6502 chip, function and Intel's 8080 counterparts, but the price as long as 20 dollars. With 6502 chip, two young people back to the jobs of ecstasy garage, began the great innovation.
They designed a circuit board, will 6502 microprocessor and interface and some other components are installed on it, and through the interface will microprocessor with the keyboard,Together, just a few weeks, the computer is fitted. 。Steve jobs's friends are shocked, but they all didn't realize, this ugly thing, will give the world after much influence.布。To raise money for mass production, he sold his own public brand cars, while also managing sold his cherished HP type 65 calculator.1300美元。And so, they have great $1300 of the foundation. That day, Steve jobs, jobs and friend of woz dragon Wayne (Long Wayne) did a influence of the later things: they three people had signed a contract, decided to set up a computer company.Then, 21, Steve jobs and his 26-year-old Steve wozniak on their own in the garage founded the appleThe name of the company by apple's Steve jobs preference final-called apple.。Later spread is the famous brand-a be a bite out of apple.了。And their homemade computer is logical to chase think "the apple I," computer.
The early development
But in the beginning, "apple" machine business but very light. After all, it is a new things, except for people who are interested in electronic, who knew that this thing will have 乔布斯（左）Jobs (left)
Use, and had to "the apple 1" interested friends now on a wait-and-see attitude, wait for better "apple II" come on stage. 。An accidental opportunity for "apple" company has brought turnaround. In July 1976, retailers Paul Terrell (Paul Jay Terrell) came to Steve jobs garage, when watching a jobs presentation computer skillfully, he believed "apple" machine great promise, determined to take a risk-for 50 sets of whole machine, but for a month delivery, Steve jobs was overjoyed, signed immediately, clappers clinch a deal, this but make it first "big business". Time is too hasty, task and hard, and Steve jobs woz and take the intense summer heat, no day and night to dry up, for the company's survival, they throw caution to the wind.They are almost every day in sweat profusely, struggle through with the work 66 hours a week.Finally in the 29 days they miraculously to complete a task that the 50 Taiwan "apple" computer, as to the businessman terrell.Steve jobs and suddenly began to realize they little capital to deal with the fundamental rapid development.Steve jobs later recalled, "is about in the fall of 1976, I found that the growth of the market faster than we imagine, we need more money."For this, they separate to find capital support, including managing company HP, but unfortunately, these companies are not aware that this one is the opportunity and the market.Opportunities are often along who work hard.In October 1976, a millionaire khoja markov come to visit our woz and their garage factory.Mr Khoja marsala is a trained electrical engineer, and very good at sales promotion, be called by people selling the wizards.But see the two young people of the new products, to Mr Khoja (again, and help them to put the company vigorously do up.He offered to help them to develop a business plan, and give them a loan of 690000 dollars, will their own destiny and two young men together.了。While such a markov professional guidance, have the money, "apple" the development of the company speed much faster. In April, 1977, the United States for the first time in the west coast computer exhibition opening.In order to play at the exhibition reputation, Steve jobs running around, spend money, got the biggest at the exhibition of the best booth.Even more compelling is of course apple II prototype, it changes the past the personal computer heavy cumbersome, complex, difficult to design the image of the operation, with small light, simple operation and can be put in the home use characteristics such as, firmly seized the heart of audience.It only 12 pounds, and in just 10 only screw assembly, plastic shell beautiful and easy, it looked like a pretty打字机typewriter。People can't believe that this little machine could in the big screen shows spectacular continuous, as a kaleidoscope of colors, "the apple II" machine at the exhibition blockbuster, thousands of users have to exhibition booth, watch, trial, in order to.All of the page ads to write" apple computer is the bicycle in the 21 st century, "and, in a giant photograph of jobs. On December 12, 1980, apple stock public, in less than an hour, 4.6 million shares all been snapped up, to 29 dollars a share on the day of the closing.According to the closing price calculation, apple top company produced four billionaire and more than 40 of the millionaire.Steve jobs as a company founder of course are ranked in the first. In 1983, Lisa database and Apple Iie release, at $9998 and $1395, respectively.AppleApple become the fastest growing company in history.But Lisa release that Apple's decline, a distorting, even in the United States don't think your computer is not much of the market, and Lisa and devour the Apple a lot funding research and development.Can say apple is the rise of the start of the fall.Because of the huge success, what jobs in 1985 of a President Reagan granted the national medal of technology.However, success came so fast, too much honor is strongly behind the crisis. Because Steve jobs operating philosophy and when most management personnel is different, plus blue giants IBM also disillusioned and also introduced a personal computer, and seizes the large market, make jobs out of the new development computer successively fiasco, general manager and the director gave it a failure on the chairman Steve jobs in April 1985 by the decision of the board of directors menstruation withdrew his business authority.Steve jobs several times to get back the power all did not success, then in 17 September 1985 the anger and resigned as apple company President. Steve's flee, make him more aware of his mistake, absorb lessons, but also for future back to Apple and save it ready, resigned after a few days, jobs and established "NeXT" computer company, continue to start his business trip.
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