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Steve Jobs

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, designer and inventor.

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Born

  • February 24, 1955

Died

  • October 5, 2011

Education

  • Reed College

Best Known As

  • Apple co-founder, chairman

Net worth

  • $7 billion
  • Apple Milestones

    1976

    • Apple is Founded

    1980

    • Apple Goes Public
    • Apple Launches Macintosh

    1986

    • Jobs Buys Pixar for less than $10M

    1991

    • Powerbook Goes on Sale

    1993

    • OS X Software Introduced

    2001

    • Apple Launches iPod

    2007

    • Jobs Announces iPhone

    2010

    • Jobs unveils iPad
    Vintage Apple computer handmade by Jobs and Wozniak up for auction

    For sale: 1976 Apple 1, still runs, no keyboard, no monitor, no cabinet.

    Price: $180,000 or best offer.Sotheby's is auctioning the classic relic, handmade by Steve Jobs and his tech partner, Steve Wozniak. It was their first-ever commercial order for the computer that allowed users for the first time to use a keyboard to type letters on a screen.The device was a sensation among hobbyists until retailer Peter Terrell ordered 50 to sell in his specialty chain, Byte Shop. He paid $500 apiece for the units, and the two lads cranked them out in just 30 days.Basically a stripped-down 9-inch-by-15-inch (23cm-by-38cm) motherboard, the computer sold for $666.66, with four manuals but no cabinet, monitor or keyboard, said Sotheby's.Of the 50 models made for the shop, just six still work -- and the unit going under the hammer is one of the six.The system: 8K bytes, 16 pin with 4K of memory.Sotheby's didn't identify the seller. The sale will take place on June 15.Read more tech news at the New York...

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