Apple computer born

First computer model built by Apple

This article is about the early microcomputer. For the streaming service, see Apple One. For Apple's use of the i- prefix, see Internet-related prefixes § "i-".

For other uses, see Apple 1 (disambiguation).

The Apple Computer 1 (Apple-1^[a]), later known predominantly as the Apple I (written with a Roman numeral),^[b] is an 8-bitmotherboard-only personal computer designed by Steve Wozniak^[5][6] and released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976.

The company was initially formed to sell the Apple I – its first product – and would later become the world's largest technology company.^[7] The idea of starting a company and selling the computer came from Wozniak's friend and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.^[8][9] A differentiator of the Apple I was that it included video display terminal circuitry on its circuit bo