At the time the concepts were crude, and relied on artificial intelligence technologies that were often decades away. The earliest concepts of Knowledge Navigator date back to 1986, just the year after Jobs’ ousting. His concept - known as Knowledge Navigator - was to build a device that anticipated your needs. Looking for new growth markets, John Sculley set his sights on more poratable products. In the early 1990s, Macintosh market share peaked at just under 10% of the computing market. In addition, the company was struggling to grow market share and profits were under pressure. Yet, behind this success, Apple was extremely reliant on the Macintosh for its revenues. The next year they grew to $5 billion, and by 1991 they had eclipsed $6 billion. Thanks to the Macintosh - a product spearheaded by Steve Jobs - Apple continued to grow after his departure.
Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 after engaging in a power struggle with then-CEO John Sculley. What caused the Newton to become such a high profile flop? The Beginning: The Development of the Newton After less than five years on the market, Steve Jobs would immediately shutter it after returning to the company. Yet, in 1992 the company announced a product lineup that would turn out to be anything but revolutionary, the Apple Newton. Apple is famous for its world-changing products that have defined entire eras of technology.