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Apple Computer, Inc., with headquarters in Cupertino, California, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company also designs, develops, and markets a line of portable digital music players along with related accessories and services including the online distribution of third-party music, audio books, music videos, short films, and television shows. The Company’s products and services include the Macintosh line of desktop and notebook computers, the iPod digital music player, the Xserve G5 server and Xserve RAID storage products, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes Music Store, a portfolio of peripherals that support and enhance the Macintosh and iPod product lines, and a variety of other service and support offerings. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its own retail stores, its direct sales force, and third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value added resellers. The Company also sells a variety of third-party products that are compatible with the Company’s Macintosh and iPod product lines, including computer printers and printing supplies, storage devices, computer memory, digital camcorders and still cameras, personal digital assistants, iPod accessories, and various other computing products and supplies through its online and retail stores.
 

DETAILS  
Index S&P 500; S&P 1500; NASDAQ 100
Sector Technology
Industry Personal Computers
URLs http://www.apple.com
Ticker (NASDAQ: )
SIC 3571 - Electronic Computers
Founded 1976
IPO  
   
Linked to Anthem Capital; Brentwood Venture Capital; Hook Partners; Matrix Partners; Morgenthaler-Ventures; Sequoia Capital; Venrock Associates
   
 
 
HISTORY Divestiture
   
   
 
HISTORY Acquisitions / Strategic Investment
Jul 2002 Emagic
Mar 2001 PowerSchool for $62 million in Apple stock | Linked to: Snider Capital; Warburg Pincus
Feb 1997 NeXT Software, Inc.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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