Macintosh Vs. IBM

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it was a major hit and IBM
became a strong power in electronic computers. Phoenix Technologies went
through published documentation to figure out the internal operating system
(BIOS) in the IBM. In turn, they designed a BIOS of their own which could be
used with IBM computers. It stood up in courts and now with a non IBM BIOS, the
clone was created. Many manufacturers jumped in and started making their own
IBM Compatible computers, and IBM eventually lost a big share in the desktop
computers.

While IBM was just getting started in the personal computer market, Apple was
also just getting on its feet. It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
in 1976. They were both college drop outs, Steve Jobs out of Reed College in
Oregon and Steve Wozniak from the University of Colorado. They ended up in
Silicon Valley, which is located in northern California near San Francisco.
Wozniak was the person with the brains and Jobs was the one who put it all
together. For about $700 someone ...

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computer today. IBM introduced a spreadsheet program called
Lotus 1-2-3, which caused anticipated sales of the Lisa computer to drop to
nearly half.

In order for Apple to compete with the IBM-Compatible they had to change some
things around. Jobs headed the development of the Macintosh, with the goal in
mind of a “computer for the rest of us.” He wanted it to be easily set up out
of the box and up in running in 15 minutes. The developers of the Macintosh
made it so that you could not upgrade it for they did not think that you needed
to open your computer. In 1984, they launched the Macintosh for $2,495. The
advertisements for it cost around $500,000 and more than $1.5 million to play ...

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