Apple Inc. (ma mua ʻo Apple Computer Company) he hui pāʻoihanaʻenehana kamepiula i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka lā 1 ʻApelila 1976 eSteve Jobs,Steve Wozniak, a meRonald Wayne maPālolo Silika,Kaleponi, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I kēia manawa, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui waiwai loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e kūkulu ana i nā kamepiula pilikino, nā kelepona paʻalima, nā polokalamu kamepiula, a me nā mea hana uila.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Apple ma ka hale o nā mākua o Jobs ma Los Altos, Kaleponi. Ua kūkulu ʻo Wozniak i ke kamepiula mua i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Apple I. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā hoʻomaka, ua kūʻai ʻo Jobs i kāna kaʻa Volkswagen Bus, a ua kūʻai ʻo Wozniak i kāna kamepiula HP-65. Ua loaʻa iā lāua he $1,300 (ma kahi o $7,000 i kēia manawa).
I ka makahiki 1977, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kaApple II, ka mua o nākamepiula pilikino me kekiʻi ʻoniʻoni lāʻau. Ua kōkua nui kaVisiCalc, he polokalamu helu kālā, i ka kūʻai nui ʻia ʻana o ka Apple II. Ma ka lā 12 Kēkēmapa 1980, ua komo mua ʻo Apple i ka mākeke kūʻai akā.
I ka makahiki 1984, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Apple i ka Macintosh, kekahi kamepiula i hoʻohana mua i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻohana kiʻi paʻi a me ka mea kuhikuhi 'mouse'. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia me ka hoʻolaha kaulana "1984" i ka Super Bowl. ʻOiai he ʻenehana hou kupaianaha kēia, ua kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai, a ʻaʻole i kūʻai like me ka manaʻo ʻia.
Ma muli o nā ʻōlelo kūʻē ma waena o Jobs a me ka Luna NuiJohn Sculley, ua haʻalele ʻo Jobs iā Apple i ka makahiki 1985. I kēia wā, ua emi ka loaʻa kālā o ka hui ma muli o ka hoʻokūkū ikaika meMicrosoft a me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o nā huahana Apple. I ka makahiki 1993, ua hoʻopau ʻo Apple i ka laina Apple II.
I ka makahiki 1997, ua kūʻai ʻo Apple i ka hui NeXT no $429 miliona, e hoʻihoʻi ana iā Jobs i ka hui. Ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui Kūikawā, ua hoʻololi nui ʻo Jobs i ka hui. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka iMac i ka makahiki 1998, he kamepiula i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka pūnaewele.
Ma ke kenekulia 21, ua hoʻololi ʻo Apple i nā ʻoihana like ʻole:
Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Cook, ua ulu mau ʻo Apple:
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Apple Watch (2015)
Ua hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana i nā AirPods (2016)
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā lawelawe hou e like me Apple Music a me Apple TV+
Ua hiki ka waiwai o ka hui i $1 trillion (2018)
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā processors Apple Silicon (2020)
I ka makahiki 2024, ua kūʻai ʻo Apple i ka hui Pixelmator no ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna mau hana artificial intelligence, a ua hiki ka waiwai o ka hui i $3 trillion.
Aia ke keʻena nui o Apple ma Apple Park ma Cupertino, Kaleponi. He wahi hana no 12,000 limahana, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻemi i ka hoʻohana ikehu. Mālama mau ʻo Apple i:
