Umlando we-Apple wazalwa ngo-1976. Ngalowo nyaka USteve Wozniak waklama futhi wakha ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu ngezandla zakhe. Umngani wakhe, uSteve Jobs, wakubona, wathatheka, waqinisekisa uzakwabo ukuthi enze amayunithi angama-200 awathengise esitolo.
Ukusuka lapho abangani ababili baqala ukusebenza kanzima futhi basungula inkampani yamakhompyutha ebizwa nge-Apple. Ngakho-ke yazalwa njengenye yezinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Manje, indlu yendali yaseBoston ibeka okuningi ngenye yalawo makhompyutha angama-200. Ikhithi ephelele ye-Apple 1 esebenza ngokugcwele. Sizobona ukuthi bafika malini ukuyikhokhela.
Ikhompyutha esebenza ngokuphelele i-Apple 1 izonyukela endalini eBoston, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi babize ngayo ama- $ 300.000 ngayo. Le nqwaba ibizwa ngesihloko esithi "Apple-1 Fully functional Apple computer with a Synertek C6502 CPU." Ukuchazwa kwenkatho eshiwo kusho okulandelayo:
I-Apple 1 engajwayelekile futhi esebenza ngokuphelele (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Apple I noma i-Apple Computer 1), ephelele ngazo zonke izinto zayo nezesekeli ezidingekayo ukuze isebenze. Le khompyutha ye-Apple-1 yathengwa abakwaSoftWarehouse, okuyisitolo samakhompyutha eWestern Michigan, ngawo-80 njengengxenye yokuhweba ngomshini omusha we-IBM. Kamuva yaboniswa esitolo ekhaya lesitayela semnyuziyamu esenziwe ngokwezifiso ngaphambi kokuba libekwe endaweni yokugcina impahla. Le Apple-1 isanda kuvela ochungechungeni lwePawn Stars oluthi "Ship Happens" (Isizini 17, Isiqephu 10).
I-Apple-1 iza ne-8K ye-RAM futhi ichazwa njengesinye sezibonelo ezihamba phambili zama-NTIs aziwa kuze kube manje. Iphinde ifake isikhombimsebenzisi se-Apple Cassete sokuqala, ikhibhodi yokugcina, i-video vintage monitor, ukunikezwa kwamandla, i-modulator yakho ye-TV, namakhophi encwadi yokufunda.
Isethi ibuyiselwe ngonyaka odlule ngungoti, futhi isebenza ngokuphelele. Muva nje kuhlolwe ukusebenza amahora ayisishiyagalombili iqonde ngaphandle kokwehluleka.
