Here it is - No 1. (Data Source: PC World)Apple II (1977)
Very interesting! We’re celebrating the 25th birthday of IBM’s first PC. But the winner is a “fruit” – Apple. This was Apple’s second PC (which is fairly self-explanatory given the name of the PC) and came out 4 years before IBM’s first PC.
Why was it selected as the winner? It’s the most advanced, best-selling model of its age and meets all the criteria – Innovation, Impact, Industrial Design and Intangibles.
It’s an 8-bit system with 4KB of memory, expandable to 48KB. It used a cassette rather than a disk for storage and the cost was USD$1,200. The only failing it had, was that it couldn’t display lowercase letters. The PC did, however, hold several first places, including the first colour PC (you could even use it with a TV), the first to be easily expandable by users, and the first to run the VisiCalc spreadsheet. Maybe the best thing of all about this PC was its innovative design. Steve Jobs is always good at coming up with something different, isn’t he?
This Apple II also had a very long life time – for a PC. It was in production from 1977 until December 1993. During that period, more than 2 million units were manufactured.
So what’s the hottest product of Apple now? The iPod of course! Click the link for the latest iPod MP3 & Video Players.
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