Akusikho okokuqala noma okokugcina ukuthi enye yalezi zinganekwane zamakhompyutha akwa-Apple I inyukele endalini futhi amanani entengo amanye awo akwazi ukufinyelela kuwo ayamangalisa ngempela. Kulokhu kuyimodeli ye-Apple I esebenza ngokugcwele nokuthi ikwazile ukukhuphuka ngentengo ngaphezulu nje kwe- $ 600.00.
Ngempela isibikezelo sokuthengisa salesi siqeshana semnyuziyamu sasicishe sibe ngama- $ 800.000 ngakho-ke ukulinganisa kwakungaphezulu ngaphezudlwana kwalokho okutholwe endalini. Noma kunjalo, intengo etholwe yilo mqoqi ibonakala ingakholeki ngempela kithi.
Imodeli yale ndali nayo ingeza umlando futhi ukuthi itholwe nguRick Conte ngo-1977 futhi ibisezandleni ze-NGO kusukela ngo-2007. I-Apple I iphatha imibhalo eminingana enentshisekelo kuyo okufana nalokhu: imibhalo kanye nekhophi yesivumelwano phakathi kukaSteve Jobs noSteve Wozniak, uchungechunge lwemibhalo ngokudalwa kwe-Apple kanye namakhadi ebhizinisi abawanikeze ukuzenza baziwe ngaleyo minyaka.
Njengoba usuvele uyazi (lokhu sekuvele kungumlando) Ama-Apple I ayehlanganiswe ngesandla nguSteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak egalaji lendlu yabazali bakaMisebenzi. Kwadalwa amayunithi angama-200 kuphela futhi athengiswa ngaphandle kokuqapha, ikhibhodi noma ukunikezwa kwamandla ngakho-ke ayesebiza kakhulu ngalezo zinsuku, kepha manje inani lawo liphakeme kakhulu. Ngemuva kwalokhu i-Apple ngize nemodeli ebizwa nge-Apple II, okungekho izinkumbulo ezinhle kakhulu ngayo kwazise yabangela inkinga yokuqala yenkampani yaseNyakatho Melika, engenye yezinkinga ezinkulu emlandweni wayo, lapho bekwazi ukuphuma khona eminyakeni edlule. Njengamanje, ama-Apple I ambalwa agciniwe angathengiswa ngamanani aphezulu impela njengoba kunjalo ngaleli yunithi elithole inani elihle.
