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... Middle East Times INTERNATIONAL EDITION Friday, March 31, 2006 GREEK PROMOTION Key dates in history of Apple ComputersMarch 31, 2006SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA - Key dates in the history of Apple Computer since the company was founded on April 1, 1976.

1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak unveil the first Apple computer in Palo Alto, California.

It consists of little more than a circuit board and costs a few cents less than $700.

1977: The Apple II with a one-megahertz processor becomes the first mass produced computer and an instant hit.

1980: Apple becomes a publicly traded company.

1983: Lisa, the first personal computer featuring a mouse for navigating and desktop icons and folders, is introduced.

Its failure is blamed on a daunting price of nearly $10,000.

1984: The Macintosh computer makes its debut.

It is affordable and features innovations such as a disk drive, built-in monitor, and a mouse.

1985: Jobs resigns after being stripped of control of Apple in an internal power struggle.

1986: Apple chief executive John Sculley becomes company president.

Jobs starts computer company NeXT and buys Lucasfilm's computer graphics division, renaming it Pixar.

1987: Apple introduces the Macintosh II, with a faster processor and options including a color video card and slots for adding memory.

1988: Apple makes $1 billion in a single financial quarter for the first time.

1989: The Macintosh Portable is rolled out but shunned by the ma...

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