Tom's Hardware on MSN

Apple made marketing gold from the Power Mac G4 'supercomputer' export ban in 1999

The new G4 was capable of ‘over 1 billion calculations per second’ and was three times as fast as Intel’s Pentium III, it was ...
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Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer. He became a millionaire just two years later at 23

Five decades ago, the late cofounder Steve Jobs was in his early twenties and strapped for cash, but hooked on the idea that everyone should be able to own a home computer. The only problem? Like many ...
Inc

The Storytelling Secret That Made Apple a Global Icon

The small garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Woz) began assembling parts for the first Apple computer still draws visitors who pose for pictures. Entrepreneurs and founders often make a ...
Cult of Mac

Our first Apple products: How we joined the Cult of Mac

We Cult of Mac writers are lifetime Apple users. And our expertise goes way back. We remember 9-inch monochrome screens, and know what SCSI stands for. We didn’t just read about Apple’s struggles in ...
Observer

Apple Turns 50: the 7 CEOs Who Built It and Who Comes Next

John Sculley (right), then CEO of Apple, poses with Steve Jobs (left) at the annual Apple computer show in 1984. Jobs would take up the helm in 1997. Photo by Cap Carpenter/MediaNews Group/The Mercury ...