Steve Jobs, who passed away at the age of 56, is one of the most prominent innovators who have led the world of information technology during the last forty years through the company "Apple". He was the first to make use of the personal computer available through "Macintosh computers" after limiting the use of computers on the industrial, commercial, and government sectors.
Jobs did not only do this , but also he led the second leap in the world of technology when he established a new era in using computers ; he turned it from just using personal computers into mobile products (iproducts) as : the ipod, iphone, and ipad.
Steve Jobs Biography :
Early years :
Early years :
Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California on February 24 1955. His biological parents, unwed college graduates Joanne Simpson and Abdul fattah Al-Jandali (of Syrian origin) , had him adopted by a lower-middle-class couple from south of the Bay Area, Paul and Clara Jobs.
After months of adoption by his new family , his father Abdul fattah Al-Jandali got married and had a baby girl, called her Mona. Mona didn't know anything about her brother until the age of majority.
Young Steve grew up in a valley of apricot orchards that was already turning into the world center of computer technology: Silicon Valley. It was not uncommon to see engineers fill their garages with all kind of electronic devices in that part of California. Steve Jobs was fascinated by these, and that’s why, in 1969, he met with a computer whiz kid who shared his interests in electronics: Stephen Wozniak — commonly known as Woz. Steve and Woz quickly became friends even though Woz was five years older.
Young Steve grew up in a valley of apricot orchards that was already turning into the world center of computer technology: Silicon Valley. It was not uncommon to see engineers fill their garages with all kind of electronic devices in that part of California. Steve Jobs was fascinated by these, and that’s why, in 1969, he met with a computer whiz kid who shared his interests in electronics: Stephen Wozniak — commonly known as Woz. Steve and Woz quickly became friends even though Woz was five years older.
When Steve Jobs reached college age, he decided he would go to Reed College in Oregon. It was an expensive liberal arts college, way too pricey for his modest parents; but they had to keep their promise to Steve’s biological mother, and therefore paid for the tuition. Steve only stayed at Reed for one semester though, after which he dropped out. He joined Atari company which is a manufacturer of Video games as he intended to provide the money necessary to travel to India.
He then spent a lot of time learning about Eastern mysticism and adopted strange diets, fasting or eating only fruits: it was his hippie period. He traveled to India with a friend to seek enlightenment at age 19.
Jobs returned from his trip to India with a shaven head, wearing an Indian robe, and converted to Buddhism and since that time he has been vegetarian for all his life. He returned to work at Atari and joined a local computer club with his friend Stephen Wozniak , who designed his personal computer at that time.
In 1976, Jobs was capable of convincing a local store to buy 50 computers of Wozniak computers before they are being manufactured and by the purchase order Jobs was able to convince one of the suppliers of electronics components to supply him with the components needed to make the computers he was seeking to manufacture. Jobs produced his new computer, which was named "Apple 1" without the need to borrow from any party or give part of the shares of his company to someone else.
The Development of that computer was expensive, what made Jobs prompted the help of Mike Markkula, a local investor in California who provided $250 thousand dollars and that was how the three of them Jobs, Wozniak, and Mike Markkula configured and established Apple company.
 |
| Apple 2 in 1977 |
The second shift was Apple 2 which was different from the rest of the devices at that time because it comes complete without the need to compile its various parts. The new device has achieved immediate success and marked the beginning of the PC era. Apple 2 achieved sales of more than six million units before shutting down its production in 1993.
In 1984, Jobs launched Macintosh and after the huge success of Apple computers there was considerable disagreement between Jobs and the directors of the company and he was forced to leave the company in 1985.
He established a company " Next company " for computers as well, and at the same time Apple collapsed until he returned to its leadership in 1997.
 |
| Back to Apple |
 |
| iMac in 1998 |
 |
| ipod in 2003 |
 |
| ipod Mini in 2004 |
The next shift in the world of technology was introduced by Steve Jobs in 2000. He converted the use of computers from the office use into the mobile use through a series of products that seemed at the time they were released to be more than awesome. This chain of devices included: iMac, ipod, iphone, ipad, the music store (iTunes), and the giant store (Apple store) that provided a huge collection of applications for iphone users, covering all aspects of life.
 |
| iphone in 2007 |
 |
| ipad in 2010 |
 |
| iphone 4 in 2010 |
 |
| ipad 2 in 2011 |
 |
| icloud in 2011 |
 |
| Last appearance for Jobs in June 2011 |
Steve Jobs left behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.....R.I.P. Steve Jobs
for me steve jobs is a hero, thanks to him I could see the world with beautiful because the work that he made
ReplyDelete