Apple Vs. MicrosoftBy Brichrandlyn

Apple!!!

Apple Inc

Formerly Apple Computer Inc Known for Ipods, Iphones and Ipad Established on April 1, 1976 First PC for sale in July 1976 for $666.66 Software- Itunes, Mac OS X, Ilife and Iwork

History

1976-1980: Apple I and Apple II released Apple incorporated on January 3, 1977

1981-1985: Apple Lisa and MacIntosh released 1986-1993: MacIntosh Portable released and line of

Centris computers introduced Apple sued Microsoft!

1994-1997: Apple allied with IBM and Motorola In 1997 Apple joined with Microsoft to release new versions of

Microsoft Office Apple online store was introduced

History

2005-2007: MacBook Pro (Apples first laptop with Intel Microprocessor) released

2007-2011: Ipod, Iphone, Ipad!!!!! 14 October 2011: Chris’s beloved Iphone 4s released!!!!

How many iphones sold

today????

146.105 Million!!!!!!

Apple Products

By Chris Houston

"Say Hello to iPhone.“

• First iPhone launched June 2007 – “2G”

• Since then 4 other models have been made

• Now the iPhone 4S

• Over 4 million sold in its first weekend

The ‘Wonders’ of the iPhone

Constant updates Ability to communicate for free Autocorrect High Resolution Display

The ‘Cons’ of the iPhone

Signal issues (iPhone 4) Battery life Unable to send music Overheating

The iPad

Released in march 2010 More than 15 million sold by release of iPad 2 Use of 3G, UK wifi Now used widely in schools, businesses Resolution, games, e-mail, video, music

iPod touch/nano/shuffle

iTunes

• Introduced in 2001

• Ability to buy music on-line as well as being able to

A brief look at the history of Microsoft

The beginning.

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft was established on April the 4th, 1975 to develop

and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft moved its headquarters to Redmond(Washington,

USA) on February 26, 1986

The early years Microsoft released Microsoft Windows, a graphical extension for MS-DOS, on

November 20 1984, While jointly developing a new OS with IBM On March 13 1986 the company went public. The ensuing rise in the stock made an estimated four billionaires and

12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees Microsoft introduced Microsoft Office, in 1990. On May 22 1990 Microsoft launched Windows 3.0.

The 90s

On May 26, 1995 Microsoft began to expand its product line into computer networking and the World Wide Web

The company released Windows 95 on August 24, 1995

The new millennium

Bill Gates steps down as CEO, creating a new position for himself as Chief Software Architect.

Steve Ballmer becomes CEO. On October 25, 2001 Microsoft

released Windows XP. And then released the Xbox later

that year.

The present

Windows Vista released in January 2007.

Microsoft Office 2007 is released with it too.

Bill Gates retired from his role as Chief Software Architect on June 27, 2008, but remained as a chairman.

On October 22, 2009 Windows 7 was officially released to the public.

Windows Phone released in 2010

“Tough Business”

1990 marked the beginning of over a decade of legal clashes with the U.S. Government.

On July 27, 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division filed a Competitive Impact Statement

On April 3, 2000, a judgment was handed down in the case of United States v. Microsoft.

In March 2004 the European Union brought antitrust legal action against the company, resulting in a judgment of €497 million ($613 million), and another sum of €899 million ($1.4 billion) for failing to comply in 2008

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XBOX 360

Second video console released from Microsoft

Successor to XBOX

Released in 2005

Sold 57.6 million consoles

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Pros of the XBOX 360

Security

Removable Hard Drive

Downloadable Movies/Games/TV Shows/Music

Was first console in HD

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Cons of the XBOX 360

Pay to get onto the internet

Restricted to what you can get online

Older models don't have built-in Wi-Fi

Red Ring of Death/Failure Rate

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Microsoft Office 2010

Sometimes called Office 14 and Office 2010

Successor to Microsoft Office 2007

Released in 2010

Sold more than 100 million copies

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Pros of the Microsoft Office 2010

PowerPoint Broadcast

Lowest Office Prices Ever

Neat Multimedia Tricks

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Cons of the Microsoft Office 2010

Office Web Apps

OneNote Everywhere

No 2007 Upgrade Pricing

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Thanks for listening!