Steve Wozniak, who started Apple in a Silicon Valley garage with Steve Jobs in 1976, said he'll miss his fellow co-founder "as much as everyone."
At the time, Wozniak said, Jobs looked ill and sounded weak.
Jobs became Apple's chairman and handed the helm to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
Apple announced Jobs' death Wednesday afternoon. Jobs was 56.
After dropping out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., Jobs returned to California in 1974, where he attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club – a group of computer hobbyists – with Wozniak.
Wozniak's homemade computer drew attention from other enthusiasts, but Jobs saw its potential far beyond the geeky hobbyists of the time. The pair started Apple Computer Inc. in Jobs' parents' garage in 1976. According to Wozniak, Jobs suggested the name after visiting an "apple orchard" that Wozniak said was actually a commune.
Wozniak and Jobs both left Apple in 1985. Jobs returned in 1997 as interim CEO after Apple, then in dire financial dire straits, bought Next, a computer company he started.
At the time, Wozniak said, Jobs looked ill and sounded weak.
Wozniak's homemade computer drew attention from other enthusiasts, but Jobs saw its potential far beyond the geeky hobbyists of the time.
The pair started Apple Computer in Jobs' parents' garage in 1976.
According to Wozniak, Jobs suggested the name after visiting an "apple orchard" that Wozniak said was actually a commune.
Wozniak and Jobs both left Apple in 1985. Jobs returned in 1997 as interim CEO after Apple, then in dire financial dire straits, bought Next, a computer company he started.
At the time, Wozniak said, Jobs looked ill and sounded weak.
Jobs became Apple’s chairman and handed the helm to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
Apple announced Jobs’ death Wednesday afternoon. Jobs was 56.
The pair started Apple Computer Inc. in Jobs’ parents’ garage in 1976. According to Wozniak, Jobs suggested the name after visiting an “apple orchard” that Wozniak said was actually a commune.
Wozniak and Jobs both left Apple in 1985. Jobs returned in 1997 as interim CEO after Apple, then in dire financial dire straits, bought Next, a computer company he started.
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