Apple Computer Company

Some highly visible public statements have been made by several consumer electronic companies that can be inferred to have a direct impact on their FR material selection. Specific examples include Apple Computer s pledge to completely eliminate the use of PVC and BFRs in its products by the end of 2008. 158 Dell159 and Lenovo160 have publicly stated their intentions to eliminate the use of PVC and BFRs in their products. 

Consider the personal computer (PC), for example. The initial market was developed by Apple Computer, which first created a functional tool from what had been a hobbyist s toy. But Apple was slow in moving this innovation into the mainstream of business users and left it for IBM to introduce the PC into mass markets in 1981. That innovation began a transition that changed forever the nature of information services enjoyed by customers, whose work lives and personal possibilities were irrevocably altered. Over the next 20 years, the basis of competition for all involved in the computer industry—computer makers, software companies, and microprocessor makers—shifted from advanced technology to lowest cost, and eventually to services, frequently the end point of the commoditization process. 

International Color Consortium The founding members of this consortium include Adobe Systems Inc., Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Apple Computer, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, FOGRA (Honorary), Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packardlournal, 1985.36(5) 1988. 39(4) (Entire issues devoted to Thermal Ink let). 

Apple computer releases laptops featuring 17- and 12-in. LCD screrais Bandages are made from fibrinogen, a soluble protein found in blood The Blue Gene/L produced by IBM is able to perform 70.7 trillion calculations per second, making it the fastest computer in the world, to date The eyeware company Oakley develops sunglasses with a biult-in audio player... 

Many computer and other IT device makers offer take-back programs even where not mandated by law. In the USA, Apple, Sony, Sharp, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, LG, Lenovo, Panasonic, and Toshiba have free collection point or mail-in take-back programs of their products. Apple and Hewlett-Packard provide some form of payment for the value of the taken-back item. Other companies, Hitachi, Phillips, and Funai, do not now have take-backs [23]. 

US phone companies begin to offer cellular phone service Steve Jobs of Apple introduces a new computer featuring the first graphical user interface (GUI), named The Lisa The CD-ROM is invented for computers... 

P.M. Hughes, Emopean Patent Application 045,455,10 Feb 1982, Appl. 1980, to Shell Oil Company M.A. Huneault, Z.-H. Shi, L.A. Utracki, Development of polymer blend morphology during compoimding in a twin screw extruder. Part IV a new computational model with coalescence. Polym. Eng. Sci. 35(1), 115-127 (1995)... 

Globalization provides companies with opportunities to enter new markets, find better suppliers and take advantage of cheaper labor available in other countries. Inherent in global supply chains is the risk due to disruptions. This was clearly demonstrated by the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear disaster in Japan in March 2011. Since Japan was a key supplier of electronic components, that go into the production of automobiles, computers, aircrafts and cell phones, companies such as Toyota, Honda, Boeing, GM, Sony, and Apple had to slow down or shut down their factories due to shortage of parts. 

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Industry and Business. The major industry sectors related to HCI are those that directly involve the development of technological devices for personal and business use, including computer and software manufacturers and electronic appliance manufacturers. Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Xerox are among the major corporations whose research and development departments have been at the forefront of new HCI applications for many years. However, because the use of technology of all forms is so deeply embedded in contemporary life, HCI design principles have come to influence virtually every other commercial sector. 

A company hired you as a researcher to determine which kind of computer system it should use. The systems being considered are Apple, IBM, Mac, and Zenith. 

The Internet allows companies such as Dell and Apple to bring new products to market quickly. This is particularly important in the computer and cell phone industries, in which many products have short life cycles of a few months. Whereas the Internet allows a new product to be offered as soon as it is produced, the retail channel requires the entire supply chain to be stocked before customers can access the product. 

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