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 * Steve Jobs by Amira Scott**

-Steven Jobs, February 24th 1955- October 5th 2011, was an extraordinary person throughout his life. Since a young age he was destined for great things and without him and his partner Steven Wozniak Americas computers (apple or not) may still be very new and underdeveloped.

-Steve Jobs was quickly adopted by his parents Paul and Clara Jobs after his biological parents, unwed, saw themselves as unfit parents. Jobs sought out his birth parents later in his life and kept a close relationship with hem as well as their daughter that was born o them and they decided to keep. Although Jobs was close to his biological family he still insisted that Paul and Clara were his real parents.

-At a young age Jobs showed a high interest in the technology field. He even built his own ham radio station.

-Jobs often complained to his parents that he wasn't learning enough in school while he was just in junior high. A school project led him to a summer internship with William Hewlett. He spent his summer tinkering and he eventually was able to fix up old cars which he sold for a profit. The money he earned payed for collage.

-Jobs went to a collage in Oregon, Reed Collage, but left after a year and a half.

-After he dropped out of collage, he got a job designing video games at Atari.

-By 1975 Jobs had associated himself with a company called the Homebrew Computer Club which was led by Jobs old classmate and future business partner Steve Wozniak. They soon teamed up and began working on a new computer.

-The Apple one was their first finished project and it was a small success that sold 25 computers the first time to a small computer shop. Jobs ambitions weren't satisfied and the two Steve's kept working so their dream of supplying to the masses would come true.

-The Apple 2 was a huge success. They had made $200 million by the second year it was out.

-Sadly, the Apple 3 had a lot of technical issues and didn't sell very well. This bump in the road for apple gave IBM, Radio Shack, and Commodore a chance to spring up and steal some of their customers. IBM was able to produce better quality computers for a lower price and so half of the apple market had switched to IBM.

-When the Macintosh was designed, Jobs had forgot to put in a hard drive or offer a top of the line printer along with it. This made most businesses avoid it. The mistake took a huge toll on apple, and Jobs was forced to leave apple.