At what point did Apple start to gain momentum and build the name the company has today?

At what point did Apple start to gain momentum and build the name the company has today?

Some would argue it was the Apple II (1977)
>color graphics
>first consumer PC that buys didn't have to build to use
>set a standard in the field as to what a consumer PC should look like
>first consumer PC that could display bitmap graphics
>introduced the mouse to the consumer market (although Steve Jobs first saw the mouse and Xerox park and used it because Xerox didn't know how to commercialize it)

I would go with the Macintosh (1984); however, the sales for the Macintosh were disappointing and eventually led to Jobs leaving the company.
>first consumer PC with a GUI
>introduced icons (and with the current Folders and the Trash Box)
>Introduced 'point-and-click navigation'

Bonus:
>that Macintosh commercial
>the brand name of Mac is still running today after 33 years.

>At what point did Apple start to gain momentum and build the name the company has today?
I mac by Steve jobs. Steve jobs is a great designer.

>steve jobs
>designer

Yes.

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What the hell are you talking about? No one thinks Steve Jobs designed anything. He helped come up with ideas and would figure out how to control the market with his products instead of the market controlling his products.

He designed the imac. He designed the iphone. I'm not talking about the sape but about how the UI must respond.

He told his engineers what he wanted the UI to do, but the engineers are the ones who did it.

Picture Steve as describing a beautiful picture but him hiring painters to actually bring his vision to life.

>He told his engineers what he wanted the UI to do
So he was the designer. Thank you for proving my point.

He's not a "computer guy". He didn't build any of the first Apple computers, he just knew how to sell them.

Did you ever watch Keynotes? He always presented the guy who designed the shit, like the iPhone, don't care to look up the name, but he just gave them ideas how he wanted it to be, he didn't design them.

He design exactly how the OS must react. He never care about shapes of apps or computers/phones. He just design how the OS must react.

You mean he told how to copy the Alto GUI and added antialiasing fonts? yes

Windows was garbage and didn't have api support like mac with open go. Photoshop as well as Maya were open go. Dx wasn't even around till late

Apple was best around 2001-2005. The old PowerBooks and iBooks were great, and they still are. All of mine still work and I run PowerPC Debian on some for shitposting. Everything started downhill when they switched over to Intel. I finally stopped buying Macs in 2011. I still hackintosh, but that's about all. And I've hated every iOS device after the 4s. They're all ugly and iOS 7+ is a shitshow. GNU/Linux and Android have matured to a point where I can use them daily and not miss anything.

the way I remember it it was the Apple II, which every public school i ever attended was chock full of.
macintoshes were never successful, I knew maybe 4 people who had macs at their houses, including my democrat uncle in Portland. born in 83.

even today Macintosh computers have a very small share of the market and it's pretty widely accepted that Apple only turned its shit around because of the ipod and later the iphone

After Microsoft saved it in 1997

I think steve jobs is a pretty cool guy. Eh designs i macs and doesn’t afraid of anything.

>At what point did Apple start to gain momentum and build the name the company has today?

The name it has TODAY?

Because today it's a smartphone company, the computers seem like an afterthought

I think it started down this path when they came out with the first iPod and it was a money-printing success.

From there the next logical step was to put one in everyone's hand by attaching the iPod's music player to a touchscreen device/smartphone

Now Apple is pretty much a smartphone manufacturer that does personal computers, tablets, and laptops on the side

Also to answer OP's question Apple was a fucking failure in the 90's/early 2000's until they caught lightning in a bottle with the iPod and gained momentum again

Really when Apple switched to Intel chips and the rise of iOS devices then Steve Jobs death all helped spur sales.