Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer. He became a millionaire just two years later at 23

Steve Jobs sold his car to raise enough money to build Apple’s first computer. Just one year later, the tech titan reeled in ...
Time

Apple’s Macintosh Computer Turns 30: Did You Know It Almost Failed?

Today is the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh. The original “Mac” arrived along with the famous 1984 commercial, aired just once (but then aired many times on local and network ...
Omaha.com

Apple's Mac: Unassuming revolutionary turns 30

Apple didn't invent these tools, nor did the Mac use them first. Xerox Corp. sold its own mouse-based Star computer, and Apple's Lisa beat the Mac by months. It's impossible to say what would have ...
Cult of Mac

Today in Apple history: First M1 Macs usher in the wonderful world of Apple silicon

November 17, 2020: Apple releases the first three Macs powered by the company’s new M1 chip. The Apple silicon processor sparks a renaissance at Apple, with the excellent new computers surprising ...
Houston Chronicle

Apple’s M1-era success may be slowing Mac upgrades

Shawn Scott has used Apple computers for 40 years. He began at the age of 7 on an Apple IIe in school and has been using them ever since, now professionally as a Houston-based web developer and ...
The New York Times

David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers, Dies at 72

He and a partner founded Tekserve, a Manhattan emergency room for frozen hard drives, keyboards, screens and their confounded owners. By Sam Roberts David Lerner, a high school dropout and self-taught ...