Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco,
CA on February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up in a
neighborhood of engineers and spent many weekends with these engineers working
with electronics in the Jobs's garage. At age 13, Jobs met Stephen Wozniak (Woz), an
electronics whiz kid. He was drawn in and became very interested in the field of engineering. After one semester at a college in Oregon, Jobs dropped out and moved
back to California to work at the video game marker Atari. There he made some money, which he
used to go to India with Woz. When he came back to
California, he became interested in Woz’s activities and attended a club that
Woz was a member of called the Homebrew
Computer Club. They learned about building their own personal computers and writing software using a computer kit. With the knowledge that Woz had about
electronics, he decided to build his own computer board that did not involve a
computer kit. Jobs knew that this invention could be sold to many software hobbyists,
so he convinced Woz to start his own business. On April 1, 1975, Apple was
born. The invention and large amount of Apple products sold made the Apple
founders millionaires. At age 25, Jobs net worth increased to over $200
million. Steve Jobs had a passion for Apple and did up until the end of his
life.
Steve Jobs and his brilliant inventions
of Apple technology arguably changed our lives more than any technology before it. In the last quarter of 2009, Apple had 283
stores worldwide that had more than $1.79 billion in sales. The many Apple products that were
invented throughout the years: Lisa, Macintosh, NeXT, iPod, iPhone, iMac, etc.
have given us access to personal computing, the ability to listen to thousands of
songs on one device, and the access to buy apps in which we can play, learn
and do much more than ever before. Apple has created hardware and
applications that are powerful, delightful and easy to use. They are addicting.
Due to this, many PC users now have purchased Apple products and the PC
industry has been blown away.
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