Key dates in Apple history - Photos
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 just under $700. Picture: RYAN ANSON /AFP PHOTO
1977 - The Apple II with a one-megahertz processor becomes the first mass produced computer and an instant hit. Picture: AFP PHOTO
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. Picture: FRANCK FIFE / AFP Photo
1986 - Apple chief executive John Sculley becomes company president. Jobs starts computer company NeXT and buys Lucasfilm's computer graphics division, renaming it Pixar. Picture: JOHN G. MABANGLO / AFP Photo
1997 - Jobs replaces Gil Amelio as head of Apple. Arch-rival Microsoft invests 150 million dollars in the company. Picture: JOHN MOTTERN / AFP photo
1998 - Jobs revamps Apple's product line, churning out colorful $1,300 iMac desktop computers designed with monitors and drives in the same casing. Picture: JOHN G. MABANGLO / AFP Photo
1999 - The iBook, marketed as a mobile iMac, is introduced. Picture: TORU YAMANAKA / AFP Photo
2001
Apple launches a portable MP3 digital music player, the iPod, for $399 and opens its first retail store in Palo Alto. Picture: SAMANTHA SIN / AFP Photo
2003 - Apple opens online music store iTunes.Picture: OLIVER STRATMANN / AFP Photo
2004 - Jobs undergoes an operation for pancreatic cancer.Picture: JOHN G. MABANGLO / AFP Photo
2007 - Apple introduces the iPhone, launching the era of the touchscreen smartphone. Picture: TONY AVELAR/ AFP Photo
2009 - Jobs goes on medical leave in January, returning to work in June after undergoing a liver transplant. Picture: RYAN ANSON /AFP PHOTO
2010 - Jobs unveils the iPad in January and the touchscreen tablet computer goes on sale in April, becoming a huge hit. Apple surpasses Microsoft in May as the largest US technology company in terms of market value. Picture: RYAN ANSON /AFP PHOTO
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Important moments in Apple history
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