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While reading an article about 100 facts about Steve Jobs and Apple, I ran across a parody link for Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs ceoSteveJobs on Twitter). I included some of the 100 Facts that I found interesting from the 100 facts below.

I can remember my parents and their Apple IIe, with the large floppy, flipping it over, and Print Shop, with Banner Sheet Paper! Amazing how things have changed from a technology stand point. Apple employees all receiving an iPhone in 2007 (wow), salary of $1, only 6 Board of Directors (including Al Gore), and income from Disney stock at $48M a year. While the salary is only a $1, the perks of the company far outweigh the measurement of such.

Highlights of the 100 Facts -

1. The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan (the cube) is said to be one of the most photographed landmarks in the world.
2. Steve Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas for $10 million and sold it to Disney for $7.6 billion.
3. Nine U.S. states don’t have Apple stores: Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
4. Steve Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas for $10 million and sold it to Disney for $7.6 billion.
5. Apple once disposed of 2,700 unsold Lisas in a Utah landfill. The computer originally sold at $10,000 each.
6. The longest-lived Apple computer of all time was the Apple IIe, which was on sale for nearly 11 years.
7. Apple didn’t sell a Windows-compatible iPod until nine months after the iPod was introduced.
8. The time shown on all of the devices in pictures on Apple’s website is the same (9:41 a.m. for iOS devices and 10:50 a.m. for Macs). The time is coordinated with when the pictures will be shown during Steve Jobs’ keynote address.
9. Steve Jobs’ largest parody Twitter account is @ceostevejobs.
10. Steve Jobs pays himself an annual salary of $1.
11. Steve Jobs’ annual income from Disney shares is $48 million.
12. Steve Jobs has big feet, at size 14.
13. Macs last an average of six years. PCs last an average of four years.
14. The average PC owner spends 50 hours a year troubleshooting. The average Mac owner spends 5 hours a year.
15. Teachers and students using Macs are found to be 44% more productive.
16. When it was first released Steve Jobs gave every Apple employee a free iPhone.
17. Apple began work on a touch-screen tablet before work began on the iPhone. The iPad wasn’t released until three years after the iPhone, however.
18. The very first image shown on the Macintosh was of Disney character Scrooge McDuck.
19. In 2010 Apple’s market cap exceeded Microsoft for the first time since 1989.