In 1977 I decided to buy a computer. Microsoft and Apple were newly founded, the IBM PC was years away and there were no killer apps. It took over a year, but I had to have one and it changed my life.

The Schlumberger 2 Apple-1 is a second-batch Apple-1 computer that was originally purchased by an executive at oil services company Schlumberger Overseas in 1977.

It's been 30 years since Steve and Steve's little plastic box kicked off the personal-computer revolution.

But mostly, I remember what it was like when I first used an Apple computer. I asked my colleagues at Ars Technica to share recollections of their first experiences with Apple technology.

Back in the dawn of the PC era, Commodore International rejected a proposal from legendary Apple Inc. founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs to resell the Apple II computer.

A functioning Apple II fails to impress the tech-savvy kids of today. No Internet. No apps. No mouse. Just floppy disks for everyone!

Apple-1, the first computer made by the company in Steve Jobs' garage, is now up for auction -- and it might fetch an enormous price of up to $500,000.

An Apple-1 computer and a 1986 Panasonic video monitor sold for $400,000 on Tuesday. (John Moran Auctioneers, Inc.) The first Apple-1 computers were sold for $666.66 in 1976. Forty-five years ...