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Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition
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Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition

by Owen Linzmayer
January 2004
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
344 pages
13h 15m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition
The Strangest Bedfellow of All
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In the late 1970s, Apple was the standout in the crowded personal computer
eld. The Apple II sold briskly into the home and education markets and
had even made headway into business ofces, thanks to the popularity of
VisiCalc. The entire personal computer industry was enjoying phenomenal
growth, and Apple was leading the pack. But Apple knew it was only a matter
of time before it faced the most formidable competitor of all, International
Business Machines (www.ibm.com) of Armonk, New York. The day of
reckoning arrived on August 12, 1981, when IBM introduced its $1,565
personal computer with a single
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