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Attheageof21,SteveJobsandafriend,StephenWozniak,builtapersonalcomputercalledtheApple.TheApplechangedpeople’sideaofacomputerfromagigantic(巨大的)massofvacuumtubesonlybigbusinessandthegovernmentcouldaffordtoasmallboxusedbyordinarypeople.NocompanyhasdonemoretopopularizethecomputerandmakeitusedfriendlythanAppleComputerInc.TwoyearsafterbuildingtheAppleI,SteveJobsintroducedtheAppleII.TheAppleIIwasthebestbuyinpersonalcomputersforhomeandsmallbusinessthroughoutthefollowingfiveyears.SteveJobswasconsideredabrilliantyoungmaninsiliconvalley,becausehesawthefuturedemandsofthecomputerindustry.“Thepersonalcomputerwascreatedbythehardwarerevolutionofthe1970sandthenextdramaticchangewillcomefromasoftwarerevolution”,saidJobs.
JobwasanorphanadoptedbyPaulandClaraJobsin1955.Whilestillinhighschool,JobsattendedlecturesattheHewlett-Packardelectronicsfirm.Therehewashiredasasummeremployeeandmetanotheremployee,Wozniak,whohadapassionforinventingelectronicdevices.In1972JobsgraduatedfromhighschoolandregisteredvideogamesforAtari,Inc.But,hereallyhadhiseyeonthecommercialendoftheelectronicsbusinessandpersuadedWozniaktoworkwithhimtowardbuildingapersonalcomputer.
Theysoldeverythingtheyhad,raising1300tostarttheirnewcompany.Withthatcapitalbaseandcreditbeggedfromlocalelectronicssuppliers,theysetuptheirfirstproductionline.JobscampupwiththenameoftheirnewcompanyAppleinmemoryofahappysummerhehadspentasanorchardworkerinOregon.