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In 1989, Apple released the Macintosh Portable, but it was very heavy and very expensive and did not do well with consumers. In 1991, Apple came out with the first PowerBook, a lighter, more portable laptop. Today, Apple makes several "portable" computers - the MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air and the iPad.
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computers came in 1956
Steve Jobs worked summer jobs at a California apple farm. He also liked the Beatles and their label, Apple Records.When he and Steve Wozniak tried to come up with a company name, they decided that if they couldn't think of anything better by the end of the day, they'd go with the name "Apple." And they couldn't, so they did.Apple Computers was founded on April 1, 1976.The fact that the company was called "Apple", and that they manufactured computers, came about the name Apple Computer.As of 2008, they are no longer referred to as Apple Computer, their new name is 'Apple Inc." short for, Apple Incorporated.Steve Jobs worked in a Macintosh Apple orchard as a kid.
The IBM 5150 Personal Computer was first released in September of 1981. The Macintosh 128k was first released on May 3, 1984. Thus the "PC" predates the "Mac" by almost three years.Even so factually correct regarding the Macintosh and IBM PC, the first PC or the one you could consider as that was likely the HP-9830A running Basic out of ROM in 1973. While IBM had an even earlier release of the 5100 Series in 1975 the Apple I came out in 1976, while the Apple II came out in 1977 followed by the Apple III in 1981 the same year the 5150 IBM the first Intel 86 based PC from IBM came out. While the first truly affordable "personal computers" where the Commodore Pet ~$800 and yes the Radio Shack TRS-80 at ~$600 in 1976, while both the Apple and 5100 IBM series where almost double the price... anyhow the two platform truly evolved out the of the same technology and I would take issue with the predate statement, but considering the Macintosh 128K point I have to say the answer is correct in its own context, while the is the full context.