How would you compare them to pioneering capitalists of the past, such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford?

I would compare them in the aspect that they where the first doing something new and having monetary results. They both seeked something they didn't actually understand. They never expected to have the "boom" they had, they became millionaires from new unknown things.

Relate your response to how they've impacted our economy and our way of life.

They made PCs an essential part of our lives, and so we where forced to buy a PC. A computer now controls every single aspect of our everyday life, from chatting to homework making. By achieving their goal of making a user-friend computer they took them to everywhere around the world.

7. Explain how and why Steve Jobs left Apple Computer.

He left because his relation with Jobs was getting worse and at mac things where changing.

6. What was the name of the first computer made by Apple that had a graphical interface?

Liza

5. Who invented the first mouse-driven graphical user interface?

Xerox the printer makers, and it was called Xerox Star.

4. Did Microsoft invent the Disk Operating System? Briefly explain the deal Microsoft made with IBM concerning DOS.

Yes. Microsoft would earn $30 per computer sold, they didn't sell DOS but rent it.

3. Which company made the first large investment in Apple Computer?

2. What was the first computer that Bill Gates and Paul Allen tried to write software for? What did they write?

The pc's name was MITS. They wrote some programs and earned $30 per sold pc.

1. Who originally owned the rights to the computer Steve Wosiak made, and why did they not take advantage of it?

HP owned the first pc Steve made because of a contract he had with the company that stipulated that all he created was their property, but as they wouldn't see a future to the computer they didn't want it.