1981


 * Apple Computer has its first layoff ever, having to fire 40 employees.
 * Apple introduces the ProFile, a 5MB hard drive for the Apple III.
 * Apple Computer has over 2,500 employees.
 * Apple holds its first shareholders meeting as a public company.
 * Steve Wozniak survives crashing a plane that he was piloting, but suffers memory loss. Wozniak takes a leave of Apple Computer, and returns later on.
 * CEO Michael Scott leaves Apple.