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Former good articleApple Inc. was one of the good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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January 2, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
October 19, 2006Good article nomineeListed
October 25, 2006Featured article candidateNot promoted
January 14, 2008Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

Super wide infobox?

I don't think that the infobox should be so wide... it's practically taking up more space that the content. Does anyone else feel this way? — cosmotron ( talk | contribs ) 03:04, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I see. Hmmm... I probably have an explanation for all of this. One, you probably have a relatively low resolution screen. Two, there is so much information that it somehow stretches the infobox sideways instead of extending it down. If you have a sandbox, you could put it there and fiddle with the formatting. If not, just ask me and I'll put it in mine. Then we can collaborate and see what can be done. I looked at the raw format of the infobox (by pressing the edit button of course) and all of the letters made my head swim. Regards, Airplaneman talk 03:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, I actually tried messing with it before I made this post and wasn't successful with actually changing anything. I thought the {{no wrap}} template around certain fields was the culprit, but after removing them... nothing changed. Also, since you sort of asked, my resolution is 1360x768. I'll continue messing with it in a sandbox and try to come up with a solution. (P.S. Is it possible for there to be too much info in an infobox?) — cosmotron ( talk | contribs ) 03:27, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just a "me too". I have a nice wide screen and a good resolution, but for me the infobox takes up the whole width of the screen (minus the left-hand column menu). The article only begins after the infobox. Completely borked. I'll move the infobox here so that the article will be in a readable state while someone looks for the problem. I'm using Firefox, FWIW. Gronky (talk) 03:36, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, looks like it's fixed now on the page! Airplaneman talk 16:18, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apple Inc.
Company typePublic (Nasdaq: AAPL, LSE: 0HDZ, FWB: APC)
IndustryComputer hardware · Computer software Consumer electronics · Digital distribution
FoundedCupertino, California, United States (April 1, 1976 (1976-04-01))
as Apple Computer, Inc.
FounderSteve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne[1]
Headquarters
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California
,
USA
Number of locations
251[2][3] (Q1 FY 2009)
Area served
Worldwide; United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and China
Key people
Steve Jobs (CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder) Tim Cook (COO) Peter Oppenheimer (CFO) Phil Schiller (SVP Marketing) Jonathan Ive (SVP Industrial Design) Mark Papermaster (SVP Device Engineering) Ron Johnson (SVP Retail) Sina Tamaddon (SVP Applications) Bertrand Serlet (SVP Software Engineering) Scott Forstall (SVP iPhone Software)
ProductsMac (Pro, Mini · iMac · MacBook, Air, Pro · Xserve) iPhone, iPod (Shuffle, Nano, Classic, Touch) Apple TV, Cinema Display, AirPort, Time Capsule Mac OS X (Server · iPhone OS), iLife, iWork, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio, Shake, MobileMe
ServicesStores (retail, online, iTunes, App), MobileMe
RevenueIncreaseUS$32.48 billion[4] (FY 2008)
Increase$  6.28 billion[4] (FY 2008, 19.32% operating margin)
Increase$  4.83 billion[4] (FY 2008, 14.88% profit margin)
AUMIncrease$24.49 billion[4] (FY 2008, 1.74 quick ratio)
Total assetsIncrease$39.57 billion[4] (FY 2008, 12.21% ROA)
Total equityIncrease$21.03 billion[4] (FY 2008, 22.97% ROE)
Number of employees
35,000[3] (Q1 FY 2009)
SubsidiariesBraeburn Capital, FileMaker Inc.
WebsiteApple.com

Origin of name

Does anybody know how the company got "apple" in its name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.69.189.25 (talk) 08:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are several theories, but none backed up by reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Correction

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In the iPod section, there is an uncapitalized Apple. Would someone please capitalize it? 98.230.214.136 (talk) 13:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I decided to rephrase the sentence to avoid recentism and redundancy (who else would introduce an iPod nano?). HereToHelp (talk to me) 14:25, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who's Brian Bagnall?

The Wikipedia Apple (computers) page attributes an opinion to Brian Bagnall, but there's no indication of who he is or why his opinion matters. The article used to link to the now-deleted Brian Bagnall page, I guess. I think "(the author of several computer books for McGraw-Hill)" should be added to xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_computers, but I'm unable to edit the page at this time.

An author, [1]. We should probably take out the bad link, though. HereToHelp (talk to me) 19:34, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A factual error on The Apple Inc. entry

The error is that Apple Inc. was established in Silicon Valley, it is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. And not in Cupertino, California. Y.harrif (talk) 14:42, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Source, please. I'm not an Apple history buff, but as far as I know, they moved to Cupertino a bit later. Airplaneman talk 22:09, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you're right:). It was fixed. Airplaneman talk 22:28, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Magic Mouse

In the Mac and accessories section, there's no mention about the Magic Mouse. Would someone please add it in? 69.254.153.143 (talk) 14:13, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure will! Thanks for bringing it up :). Airplaneman talk 14:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Xerox given stock options not stock

Xerox granted Apple engineers three days of access to the PARC facilities in return for $1 million in pre-IPO Apple stock.

Should read:

Xerox granted Apple engineers three days of access to the PARC facilities in return for the option to buy 100,000 share of apple at the pre-IPO price of $10 a share.

Prof256 (talk) 00:35, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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