Ayiloxesha lokuqala okanye okokugqibela ukuba enye yezi Iikhompyuter ye-Apple I inyukele kwifandesi kwaye amaxabiso abanye babo abakwaziyo ukufikelela kuwo ayamangalisa ngokwenene. Kule meko yimodeli ye-Apple I esebenza ngokupheleleyo kwaye leyo ikwazile ukunyuka kwixabiso ngaphezulu nje kwe- $ 600.00.
Ngokwenene uqikelelo lwentengiso lwesi siqwenga semyuziyam simalunga ne- $ 800.000 ngoko ke uvavanyo lwalungaphezulu lee kunolo lwalufunyenwe kwifandesi. Nangona kunjalo, ixabiso elifunyenwe kwinto yomqokeleli libonakala lingakholeki kuthi.
Imodeli yale fandesi yongeza imbali kwaye yeyokuba yafunyanwa nguRick Conte ngo-1977 kwaye ibisezandleni ze-NGO ukusukela ngo-2007. Iapile endiphatha amaxwebhu aliqela anomdla Njenge: amaxwebhu kunye nekopi yesivumelwano phakathi kukaSteve Jobs kunye noSteve Wozniak, uthotho lwamaxwebhu kwindalo ka-Apple kunye namakhadi oshishino abawadlulisileyo ukuze bazazise ngaloo minyaka.
Njengoko sele uyazi (le sele iyimbali) I-Apple I yayihlanganiswe ngesandla nguSteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak kwigaraji yendlu yabazali bakaJob. Kwenziwe kuphela iiyunithi ezingama-200 kwaye zazithengiswa ngaphandle kokubeka iliso, ikhibhodi okanye umbane ngoko ke zazisele zibiza ngezo ntsuku, kodwa ngoku ixabiso lazo liphezulu kakhulu. Emva kwale Apple ndafika imodeli ebizwa ngokuba yiApple II, apho kungekho nkumbulo intle kakhulu okoko yabangela ingxaki yokuqala yenkampani yaseNyakatho Melika, enye yezona zibaluleke kakhulu kwimbali yayo, apho bakwazi ukuphuma khona kwiminyaka kamva. Okwangoku, ezimbalwa iApple I ezigciniweyo zingathengiswa ngamaxabiso aphezulu ngokwenyani njengoko kunjalo kule yunithi ephumeleleyo.
