Apple.com is a convenient place to purchase Apple products and accessories from Apple and other manufacturers. Apple was founded by
Steve Jobs,
Steve Wozniak, and
Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's
Apple I personal computer, though Wayne sold his share back within 12 days. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the
Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple
went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative
graphical user interfaces, such as the
original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing advertisements for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price of its products and limited application library caused problems, as did power struggles between executives. In 1985, Wozniak departed Apple amicably and remained an honorary employee,
[8] while Jobs and others resigned to found
NeXT.
