Apple Computer

Apple Computer, Inc. {{nasdaq|AAPL}} is a Silicon Valley company based in Cupertino, California, whose core business is computer technologies. Apple helped commence the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II microcomputer and has since further shaped it with the Macintosh. Apple is known for its innovative, well-designed hardware, such as iPod and the iMac, as well as software offerings exemplified through iTunes as part of the iLife suite and Mac OS X, its flagship operating system.

See also

• Apple Developer Connection — Developer relations program
• Macintosh clones — Discussion of Apple's licensing of the Macintosh platform
• Apple typography — Apple's type related endeavors, technological and artistic
• Cork — Apple's European Headquaters in Ireland
• Mac rumors community — in recent years, a subculture has developed around rumored products
• Apple Intel transition