They weren’t the only computer inventors at the time, certainly,
but Jobs and Wozniak helped set off a technological
transformation that would reach into all kinds of industries,
setting the tone and tenor for much economic growth and popular
culture to come. Business, education, entertainment – and a lot
more – would never be quite the same again. Their story, and
that of early Apple, Inc., is one worth revisiting, especially
as the personal technology revolution continues to spawn new
developments almost daily. The “early Apple” story marks one of
those pivot points in history that reminds us how far our modern
world has come in recent years – and how fast things have
changed and continue to change. Steve Wozniak was born in 1950;
Steve Jobs in 1955. They both attended Homestead High School of
Los Altos, California, though at different times, and would
later become fast friends. Wozniak had gone off to University of
California at Berkeley but later dropped out and took a job at
Hewlett-Packard as an enginee