Apple at 50: How it Revolutionized Computing and Transformed Daily Life (OLLI Online)

This course traces Apple’s fifty-year history and its massive impact on personal computing, design, product culture, platforms and ecosystems, and daily life. Each session focuses on a different decade in Apple’s history, from the birth of the PC in the late 1970s to the latest Apple silicon, Virtual Reality headsets, and future iPhones. We will learn how Apple reshaped not just technology, but how people live, work, and communicate.

Leander Kahney is a veteran technology reporter who has covered Apple for more than 30 years. He has written six books about the company, including two New York Times bestsellers. He is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, a long-running Apple blog, and was previously news editor at Wired.com.