This is a story of growth in the personal computer. The film is based on historical facts, things did not change the reasons some 'dramatic. The film starts with IBM in early 1980, with Big Brother in the computer world that everyone else feared. All dressed in line with IBM, the corporate jingles and songs filled the air, and men's suits were everywhere.
Steve Jobs and his friend, whom he called "WAZ" enjoy working with computers. They end up forming their own company, Apple Computers and start making computers in a garage. There's just one problem, Hewlett Packard has the choice of the first rights to any "WAZ" develops. Fortunately for Apple, Hewlett Packard hated the puny Apple machines, so the mechanisms of progress continues. A venture capitalist down in the garage one day and offers 50 000 USD in venture capital. Apple was running.
At the same time Bill Gates was a school for wild creatures. He slept in his clothes, but could never find his bandages, and dreamed of computers and power. Bill Gates has founded a company called Microsoft, which has made a software like operating systems. In one of the key meetings of IBM, Bill Gates sells the idea of using IBM's new Microsoft operating system "DOS" as the operating system for all IBM machines. The only catch was that Microsoft would retain the rights to the software and be able to sell to other companies. IBM justified, that the hardware is not software, where is the money, then you adapt. Microsoft does not have an operating system to sell at all though! He soon bought a closing for $ 50,000, and Microsoft began the dynasty.
With the use of Apple, Steve Camp is invited to view the graphical user interface that was developed by Xerox. Xerox has developed a mouse, standard interface and styles, we all know today. But the big Whigs company thought it was a stupid idea and agreed to let Apple look at everything they had. Apple, of course, stole everything they could.
More at Microsoft, Bill Gates fears expansive growth of Apple, and travel to the headquarters of Apple are set to discuss an alliance. Bill weasels his way into the hearts of Steve Jobs, Apple founder and access to new Apple machines. After reverse engineering and some changes, Windows was born. Apple discovered this in a speech praising the advertising campaign for the Apple Macintosh. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs calls for the first time. The rivalry between Windows and Mac was born.
In the movie, Steve Jobs of Apple's business divided into two camps. On the old camp of Apple computer and the other the new Macintosh development camp. After seeing this effect on the company, Steve Jobs was forced to leave his post at Apple. Years later, the film picks up with Steve Jobs back at the helm of Apple, which now has a partnership with Microsoft and Bill Gates was a TV movie by Turner, but it was an excellent film.