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agenda began to emerge in 1977 with the introduction of the
Apple II, the first affordable computer for individuals and
small businesses. Created by Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple
Inc.), the Apple II was popular in schools by 1979, but in the
corporate market it was stigmatized as a game machine. The task
of cracking the business market fell to IBM. In 1981 the IBM PC
was released... The personal computer industry truly began in
1977, when Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.), founded by
Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak, introduced the Apple II,
one of the first pre-assembled, mass-produced personal
computers. Radio Shack and Commodore Business Machines also
introduced personal computers that year. These machines used
eight-bit microprocessors (which process... ...an instant
success, particularly after Wozniak’s 1978 inv