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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Seems like the Apple and the Apple 2 were pretty innovative in the 70's as was the (for the times) hi-res screen on the early Mac allowing video editing/typesetting capabilities. Then the whole icon thing started with Apple AFAIK and even the ipod was reasonably innovative.
Sure they market, but there was a lot of hands on soldering involved before the first Apple was launched.
I do not currently own an Apple product but I strongly feel that Steve Jobs made significant contributions to todays technology other than marketing.
Helen
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Wozinak designed the Apple II and II+
The Mouse/Icon/GUI interface was build and tested by Xerox's PARC (Palo Alto Reseach Center) in $100,000 mini computers years before Apple copied them. (Check the PARC Wiki. Shucks, I'm old enough to remember when the Apple II was first released. Along with the Radio Shack TRS-80 and the COmmodore PET)..