Apple Inc.

Apple, Inc.
Apple, Inc. logo from 1998-2001
General information
Type	Technology
Industry	Computer software and hardware Digital Distribution Consumer electronics Energy Production Corporate Venture Capital Fabless Silicon Design
Founded	April 1, 1976 (40 years ago)
Headquarters	Apple Campus Cupertino, California, USA
Founder(s)	Steve Jobs Ronald Wayne Steve Wozniak
Key people	Steve Jobs (founder) Tim Cook (CEO) Arthur D. Levinson (Chairman) Jonathan Ive (CDO) Luca Maestri (CFO) Jeff Williams (COO)
Products	iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod, iWork, iLife, Apple Watch, Apple TV
Website	http://www.apple.com

Apple Inc. is a consumer electronics, software and personal computer manufacturer based in Cupertino, California, that is widely known for products like the Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Its former CEO, Steve Jobs, was also one of the founding fathers of Pixar Animation Studios, and its CEO until the studio's acquisition by the Walt Disney Company. Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder and served on Disney's board of directors until his death in 2011.

Several allusions to Apple and its products have appeared throughout Pixar films.

References in Pixar films

Monsters, Inc.

• The back cover of the magazine Mike Wazowski receives near the end of the movie presents an advertisement for a computer that parodies Apple in a monster style. Its tagline "Think Different" is changed to "Scare Different."

The Incredibles

• The keyboard of the computer Mirage uses onboard Syndrome's manta jet has a key with Apple's logo.

Cars

• One of the Piston Cup racers, named Mac iCar, has Apple for sponsor. His racing number is 84, in reference to the year Apple released the Macintosh personal computer.

WALL-E

• In his truck, WALL-E watches Hello, Dolly! on an old iPod.
• The sound made when WALL-E's power is regenerated is the "Boot-Up Chime" heard when an Apple computer is turned on suggesting he runsann Apple OS.
• Apple's MacInTalk software was used to voice AUTO.
• EVE's design is extremely similar to the one of Apple's products. She was designed with the help of Apple’s major designer Jonathan Ive.

Up

• The computer shown in the end credits bears an uncanny resemblance to an Apple computer.

Toy Story 3

• The computer Woody and Bonnie's toys use is an iMac running OS X, and they are seen using Apple's web browser Safari.
• Molly has an orange iPod nano.
• Andy has an iTunes window open on his laptop.

Cars 2

• Finn McMissile says Holley Shiftwell's cover identity is “designing iPhone apps”.

Brave

• One of the lords' names is Macintosh, which is also the name of Apple's series of computers. However, Macintosh is the name of a real Scottish clan and a type of apple (the fruit), and it remains unconfirmed whether it was an allusion to Apple or not.
• The end credits feature a dedication to Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple and chief executive of Pixar, who died in 2011.

Inside Out

• When Riley's father is talking on the phone, the interface of his phone is the same as the one in some iPhones.

Gallery

Mike's magazine with an Apple parody advertisement on the back cover. The text reads "Introducing the all new E2407 with the k2 chip." It also includes the slogan "Scare Different" based on the Apple slogan "Think Different."

An Apple key on the computer of Syndrome's manta jet

Mac iCar during the Dinoco 400

WALL-E's iPod

Up

The iMac the toys use

Molly with an orange iPod nano

An iTunes window on Andy's computer

Finn McMissile says Holley Shiftwell's cover identity is "designing iPhone apps"

Lord Macintosh

Brave's tribute to Steve Jobs

Riley's father in Inside Out uses a phone with iPhone's interface