Apple got their first major investor in Mike Markkula, a former Intel employee who had made millions and retired by the age of 34. He help draw up a business plan where he would invest $250,000 to build 1,000 machines.

Apple hired Rob Holt (a friend of Steve Jobs) to create a power supply and create a mold for the distinctive plastic shell (as opposed to the previous wooden case). With the addition of an office manager in Mike Scott, the company moved to their first real office setting in 1976.

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This address is the former location of The Byte Shop. Owned by Paul Terrel, The Byte Shop specialized in computer supplies in the mid-70s. Terrel was a member of the Homebrew Computing Club, the same club as a young Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

In 1976, the Byte Shop became the first retail location for the Apple 1 computers after the duo had demonstrated the machine at a Homebrew meeting.

Terrel ordered 50 of them, at $500 a piece, with a purchase order totaling $25,000. It was an enormous order for for the fledgling company, and Steve and Woz put their friends and neighbors to work in Jobs' garage. Early "employees" were paid $1 a board.

The parts for the Apple cost $220, while the computer was sold to Terrel for $500, who would usually put them in wooden boxes.

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Until 1992, before construction of the campus, Apple's corporate headquarters were located in the building Mariani One at this location.

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Apple's headquarters are located in Cupertino, CA on 1 Infinite Loop. The current campus was built in 1993, while Steve Jobs was not the CEO. It currently covers 32 acres over six four-floor buildings.

On June 7 2011, then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing plans for a second campus that has not been created yet.

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