the most successful technology companies in the world. they came by the thousands to see the new computer invented by steve jobs. this is awesome technology. jobs came from humble beginnings. he was adopted by a middle-class families who could barely afford to send him to college. he dropped out after six months, but credited a calligraphy class for inspiring him to make style and esthetics a big part of apple s look. what everybody had to drive a basic car or live in a beige house? it would be a pretty different world. apple almost became a different place after jobs was fired from the company he founded. he returned to the helm at 12 years later and helped resurrect apple from near death. his comeback was followed by the release of the imac, the ipod, itunes, and the iphone. jobs helped invent a line of products that have been almost cold light among fans. after a long battle with pancreatic cancer while he was still at apple, jobs received a liver transplant in 2