Apple II computer
Apple II computer was the first commercially available, preassembled personal computer, the Apple II helped move computers out of the workplace and into the home. The people behind the invention: Stephen Wozniak (1950- ), cofounder of Apple and designer of the Apple II computer; Steven Jobs (1955- ), cofounder of Apple Regis McKenna (1939- ), owner of the Silicon Valley public relations and advertising company that handled the Apple account; Chris Espinosa (1961- ), the high school student who wrote the BASIC program shipped with the Apple II; Randy Wigginton (1960- ), a high school student and Apple software programmer. Inventing the Apple. As late as the 1960’s, not many people in the computer industry believed that a small computer could be useful to the average person. It was through the effort of two friends from the Silicon Valley— the high-technology area between San Francisco and San Jose— that the personal computer revolution was started. Both Steven Jobs and Stephen ...