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Recollections of the machine that launched home computing.

Years before IBM's PC or the Commodore and Tandy machines that followed it, the Apple II landed in 1977 and quietly redefined what a computer could be for ordinary people. This page gathers reflections from engineers and enthusiasts who trace their careers back to that single beige box, a story that pairs naturally with our Apple quotes collection.

Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026

Done
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Nov 07, 2020

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen.

Quotes by A. N. Wilson

Credit
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Nov 07, 2020

Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Apple
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Nov 07, 2020

After the Apple II was introduced, then came the Commodore and the Tandy TRS-80.

Quotes by Steve Wozniak

Favorite
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Nov 07, 2020

My favorite computer of all time? The Apple II that got me started, of course.

Quotes by Robert Scoble

English Literature
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up loving computers and math, actually. I also loved English literature and French, but I became obsessed with computers when the Apple II was coming out.

Quotes by Parker Harris

Apple
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Nov 07, 2020

The launch of iPhone is very possibly bigger than the launch of the first Apple II or the first Mac. Steve Jobs's genius is his ability to use technology to create products that define fundamental cultural shifts.

Quotes by John Sculley

People
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Nov 07, 2020

With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.

Quotes by Felix Dennis

Hope
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Nov 07, 2020

We are proposing that there is value in a totally new product category and a totally new set of questions. Just like the Apple II proposed, 'Would you reasonably want a computer in your home if you weren't an accountant or professional?' That is the question Glass is asking, and I hope in the end that is how it will be judged.

Quotes by Astro Teller

Grad
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Nov 07, 2020

I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school.

Quotes by Andy Hertzfeld

Crazy
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Nov 07, 2020

The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere.

Quotes by Andy Hertzfeld

Details
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Nov 07, 2020

I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken.

Quotes by Andy Hertzfeld

First Thing
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Nov 07, 2020

In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before.

Quotes by Andy Hertzfeld

Nov 07, 2020

Think of the first Apple II being shipped in 1977. It took almost a decade for it to land in my school where I could see it.

Some quotes here treat the Apple II as nostalgia, others as the true starting point that made the iPhone launch possible decades later. Explore more on that lineage through our Ability quotes and After quotes pages.

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