Additionally, early computers were not the same as they are today. The earliest models were so large that they would fill entire rooms. They were also very expensive. To buy one, one would have to pay a fortune. It is funny, too, because most of them only solved mathematical problems and were super slow. Today, we have calculators that can fit in the palm of our hands and calculate whole equations faster than the earlier machines could add numbers. Along with all of that, the early computers took several people to control and were not very user friendly. No one had a home computer back then. The computers were mainly used by the government, scientists, and some universities. Now, of course, pretty much everyone has a computer, and …show more content…
He was born from Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, but they gave him up for adoption to a couple named Paul and Clara Jobs (Belviso 8). Jobs had always felt a sense of abandonment after that. Putting that aside, Jobs grew up in Silicon Valley, California, formerly called Mountain View, California, “The Valley of the Heart’s Delight” (Belviso 9). In his childhood, Jobs would help his father work on vehicles in their garage. That was when he first became interested in electronics (Isaacson 6). Steve Jobs enjoyed assembling computer kits that he would order from early computer companies. He was a computer hobbyist. One time, Jobs realized there was a missing part in one of the kits. He contacted the kit’s company about the issue. Jobs was offered a job on the spot (Belviso 11). In school, he joined a club of kids who were as interested as him in electronics. There he encountered the computer for the first time and met Steve “Woz” Wozniak who would become his lifelong partner in Apple (Belviso …show more content…
The board had removed John Sculley and wanted Steve Jobs back. Though he was somewhat reluctant to return, Jobs eventually did (Belviso 65). In 1997, Jobs announced a deal he made with Microsoft. Microsoft would invest $150 million in Apple to help it along. With the help from Microsoft, Apple’s value rose (Isaacson 323). Steve Jobs made many other major changes when he came back. This is also around the time when most of the modern products we know today were first produced. This includes the iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc (“Short Bio”). These products are presently at the peak of technology. They are the most beautifully designed, and some of the simplest to use. They provide many features and functions that are dually useful and entertaining. Once again, the rest is history.
Steve Jobs died October 5, 2011 due to cancer. Before he died, though, he left a strong mark in the lives of many (Belviso 97). He was creative and endlessly inventive. He promoted people to “Think Different” and he encouraged people to follow their dreams, as crazy as they might be. The fact that he dropped out of college, was kicked out of the own company he founded and still strove to make a change in the world through other companies shows how diligent and committed Jobs was to fulfilling his own dreams. Steve Jobs was such an inspirational