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   On April 1st, 1976 21 year old Jobs founded Apple Computer Co with his friend Steve Wozniak. In 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh®. Jobs left Apple to start NeXT , another computer company. He returned to Apple in 1997, and with him he brought NeXTstep, the operating system that would be the basis for Mac OS X. Mac OS X is now in its 5th major release 10.4 "Tiger" with its sixth release scheduled for late 2006 to early 2007. This new operating system helped Apple become once again the leader in computer software innovation.
The original Macintosh®
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    After Jobs returned, he introduced the iMac, an all in one computer that came in multiple colors. He announced several other sleek products such as the:

  • iMac® G4, a small alien looking dome with an LCD panel
  • PowerMac® G5, a speedy quad processor machine.
His sight for innovation and goal to create small but powerful computers continued as he introduced the new:
  • iMac® , a whole media computer less than two inches thin with a video camera built in
  • Mac Mini® , a small dual core six by six computer two inches high
  • MacBook Pro® , a laptop less than 1" thin with a magnetic power charger and built in video camera.
 The New iMac®
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The New Mac Mini®
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The fastest laptop that runs OS X and Windows XP"The New Macbook Pro®
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   His role as Apple's CEO has earned him spots on multiple lists of best CEOs and he also holds the world record for the lowest paid CEO, he takes only $1 a year for overseeing the company he created. He has also made Apple one of the world's most recognized brands. Only Google is better known then Apple with 40% of people knowing it compared to Apple's 38%. He is also well known for his "Reality Distortion Field", a place where anything and everything is possible.

   

A depiction of Steve's "R.D.F."
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