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How Did Steve Jobs Change The World

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The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.
Hello, I'm Steve Jobs, technology revolutionary. I was born on February 24th, 1955, to Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah John Jandali. Because I was born outside of marriage by a Catholic mother, I was put up for adoption, which led me to my adopted parents,Clara Hagopian and Paul Jobs. Of course, of all the things to happen to me a growing up, one of the most important events was meeting Steve Wozniak in college, a fellow electrical nerd like me. We quickly grew to be friends, and would co-found Apple together.

In February of 1974, I decided to get a job; I ended up working at Atari, the video game company. It was through this job that I was able to afford a trip to India, to reach enlightenment in Zen Buddhism. I remember that by the time I came back to America, the trip home was a bigger culture shock than going to India. …show more content…

We settled on the name "Apple", because it took the edge out of the then-intimidating word "computer". It also put us ahead of Atari in the phone book. Our first product, the Apple I, was released later that year. It didn't come with a screen or a keyboard, or even a power supply, but it paved the way for the Apple II. This time, everything was integrated except a screen, and it sold much better. Then, in 1984, we released the Macintosh, a fully complete machine, helping bring computers to the masses. It also helped reveal my harsh perfectionist personality, which made many enemies inside the

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