Few people know it, but more than half of Americans own an Apple product. The huge technology company was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company was later incorporated on January 3, 1977. Apple is known as one of the most advanced technology companies in the United States. Apple is behind the greatest technological revolution in history. Apple has set itself above all other technology companies. The company has a way of leaving customers on the edge of their seats waiting for Apple's latest and greatest product. Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak had been friends since high school and were both very interested in electronics. After dropping out of school, they both end up pursuing a profession related to electronics. Jobs found work at Atari and Wozniak at HP. Wozniak was the primary designer of the first Apple computer. Jobs had an eye on the future and convinced Wozniak to sell the computer. Soon, on April 1, 1976, Apple began. At first people didn't take Apple very seriously. In 1977, however, Apple introduced the Apple II, the one that made the company take off. The introduction of the Apple II opened doors for the company. It was the first computer with a hard plastic outer shell, and it was also the first computer to have color graphics. The Apple II was essentially the beginning of the company. Another thing that boosted the company in 1978 was the Apple Disk II, which was simply a simple, cheap floppy drive. As sales increased, company numbers also began to increase. In 1980 Apple had a few thousand employees. 1980 was also the year Apple released its last computer, the Apple III. It was in 1979 when Jobs and some engineers started working on... half of paper... those who received the license felt that Apple was too restrictive on their agreements. Over the years, Apple's big problem hasn't just been selling computers, but building them. By June 1995, Apple had back orders worth more than a billion dollars and didn't have the materials to build them. In addition to the current problems Apple was facing, Windows had released its latest version of its software, Window '95, which was too similar to the Mac and yet more simplistic. Spindler was soon asked to resign due to the severe losses the company faced when Apple reported a loss of sixty-eight million dollars due to a market misjudgment. Spindler was replaced by Gil Amelio, who was previously the president of National Semiconductor. Throughout 1996 and part of 1997 Ameilo did his best to help Apple return profits, but his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.