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April 2, 1996

John Floisand
21223 Deepwell Court
Saratoga, CA 95070


Re:  Apple Computer, Inc. Employment


Dear John:

           The  following  sets  forth our agreement  ("Letter  Agreement")
regarding  the  terms and provisions of your employment as an  officer  and
employee  of  Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple"). This Letter  Agreement  shall
supersede  any  and  all  other agreements, oral  and  written,  which  may
presently  exist  between you and Apple with the following  exception;  the
June  9,  1995 Retention Agreement ("Retention Agreement") between you  and
Apple.   Upon  a  Change  in  Control Date, as  defined  in  the  Retention
Agreement,  the Retention Agreement shall superceded this Letter  Agreement
and shall govern exclusively.

           1.   Term of Employment Under the Agreement. The initial term of
your employment under this Agreement (the "Term") shall be effective as  of
November 1, 1995 (the "Effective Date") and shall continue until the  third
anniversary  of  the  Effective Date.  Thereafter,  the  parties  agree  to
renegotiate the terms and provisions of your employment with Apple.

           2.    Employment. You will be an Appointed Senior Vice-President
of  Apple (grade 98), specifically assigned to Apple Pacific (and excluding
Apple  Japan),  and  your duties and responsibilities  to  Apple  shall  be
consistent  in  all  respects with such positions. You shall  prorate  your
business time, attention, skills and efforts to the business and affairs of
Apple  and Apple Japan, as provided for in your employment Letter Agreement
with Apple Japan, other than de minimis  amounts of time devoted by you  to
the  management of your personal finances or to engaging in  charitable  or
community services.
                            
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          3.   Compensation.

           (a)   Base  Salary.  As  compensation to you  for  all  services
rendered to Apple, Apple will pay you a base salary at the rate of not less
than  one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) per annum as  of
the  Effective  Date.   This will be paid in United States dollars  and  in
monthly increments of $14,583.33.  The amount of your base salary shall  be
reviewed  annually  by  Apple  and shall be  increased  to  reflect  market
compensation  of  similarly situated executive officers  as  determined  by
Apple.   Any  increase in your base salary shall be effective  as  of  each
anniversary of the Effective Date and shall be treated as your rate of base
salary for all purposes under this Letter Agreement.  Your base salary will
be  paid  to  you  in  accordance with Apple's  regular  payroll  practices
applicable to its executive employees.

           (b)   Hire-On Bonus. Apple has paid you a hire-on bonus  of  one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).  This amount was paid in United States
dollars and in lump sum.

           (c)   Bonus.  You  shall be eligible to participate  in  Apple's
Senior  Executive  Bonus Plan or any successor plan  thereto.   Such  bonus
program  shall afford you the opportunity to earn an annual bonus for  each
fiscal  year  of  Apple.  During the first year of the  Term,  your  annual
target bonus is two hundred, eighty-one thousand, two hundred fifty dollars
($281,250).   The actual amount paid to you, if any, will  be  based  on  a
combination  the  overall corporate results, including  Apple  Pacific,  as
outlined in Apple's Senior Executive Bonus Plan .

           The  amount  of your annual bonus shall be reviewed annually  by
Apple  and  shall  be  increased to reflect market  bonus  compensation  of
similarly situated executive officers as determined by Apple.  Any increase
in  your  annual  bonus shall be effective as of each  anniversary  of  the
Effective Date.  Each annual bonus shall be paid to you in accordance  with
the payment provisions of Apple's Senior Executive Bonus Plan.

           (d)  Long-Term Incentive Compensation. You shall be eligible  to
participate in each Long-Term Incentive Plan or Arrangement established  by
Apple  for  its  executive  employees in  accordance  with  the  terms  and
provisions   of   such  Long-Term  Incentive  Plan  or   Arrangement.    In
consideration of this Letter Agreement, we
                            
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will  recommend to the Apple Computer, Inc. Board of Directors  an  initial
stock  option grant of 30,000 shares of Apple Computer, Inc. common  stock.
Each  grant vests over a three year period at 33% increments beginning  one
year from the grant date and shall at all times be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Long-Term Incentive Plan or Arrangement.

           (e)   Benefits.  You  shall be eligible to  participate  in  all
employee  benefit  plans  and  arrangements  that  Apple  provides  to  its
executive  employees  in  accordance with  the  terms  of  such  plans  and
arrangements,  which shall be no less favorable to you, in  the  aggregate,
than  the  terms and provisions available to other executive  employees  of
Apple.

          4.   Termination.

           Subject  to  the  conditions  of  this  paragraph,  Apple  shall
designate  you  for  participation in the Apple  Computer,  Inc.  Executive
Severance Plan upon the termination of your employment during the  term  or
thereafter provided that (1) you have not obtained or been offered  another
position  with  Apple  or its affiliates, or (2) the  termination  of  your
employment  was not the result of your voluntary resignation,  or  (3)  the
decision  to  terminate  your employment was not  for  "Business  Reasons".
"Business  Reasons"  shall  mean that you are terminated  for  any  of  the
following  reasons:  (i)  engaging in unfair or unlawful  competition  with
Apple;  or (ii) inducing any customer of Apple to breach any contract  with
Apple; or (iii) making any unauthorized disclosure of or otherwise misusing
any of the secrets or confidential information of Apple; or (iv) committing
any  act of embezzlement, fraud or material theft with respect to any Apple
property;  or (v) violating any Apple policy or guideline or the  terms  of
this  Letter Agreement; or (vi) causing material loss, damage or injury  to
or  otherwise endangered the property, reputation or employees of Apple; or
(vii)  engaging  in malfeasance, negligence or misconduct,  or  failing  to
perform reasonable duties and responsibilities consistent with your  duties
and  responsibilities to Apple; or (viii) failure to act in accordance with
specific,  reasonable and lawful instructions from Apple's Chief  Executive
Officer, or his designess.

           5.   Relocation.  Apple will provide you will full international
relocation benefits to Japan in accordance with Apple's Relocation  Policy.
Apple  will  continue  to  pay for and maintain your  apartment  in  Japan,
including   its  furnishings  and  utilities,  and  reasonable   costs   of
maintenance and cleaning.  In the event you choose to move
                            
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your personal household goods to Japan, Apple will pay the reasonable costs
of  moving your household goods and provide you with a relocation allowance
of  $31,250.   Apple  also will reimburse you for the reasonable  costs  of
supplementing your current furnishings when you move to your new  residence
in Japan.  Upon Termination of your employment, Apple will provide you with
full  relocation  to  the  destination of your choice  in  accordance  with
Apple's Relocation Policy..

          6.   Housing.  Apple shall provide you with housing in accordance
with Apple's Expatriate Policy.  In the event you elect not to stay in  the
apartment  currently provided to you, you will be responsible  to  pay  for
your  Japanese housing to the extent it represents the hypothetical housing
costs if you were in the United States in a similar home in accordance with
Apple's Expatriate Policy.

           Your  wife  and daughter currently do not intend to relocate  to
Japan  so that your daughter may complete her education in California.   So
long  as  your wife and daughter continue to live in your California  home,
Apple  will pay for the reasonable costs of an appliance guarantee contract
and pool and gardening services, not to exceed $250 per month. In the event
you  choose  to  sell  your California home, Apple  will  arrange  for  the
purchase  your home.  The purchase price will be determined based on  three
(3)  independent appraisals which will be obtained at Apple's expense.   If
you  travel  to  California on business after the sale of  your  California
home,  you will be entitled to reasonable per diem expenses.  If you choose
not  to sell your California home, Apple will facilitate the rental of your
California home and pay mortgage payments, fees, taxes and maintenance from
the Effective Date.  In the event your California home is not rented within
6 months, Apple will arrange for the purchase your home as outlined above.

           7.   Home Leave and Education.  Apple will pay for six (6) round
trip  business class airline tickets between Japan and California for  your
wife and your daughter.

           In the event your wife and daughter relocate to Japan during the
Term,  Apple will pay for the reasonable costs of tuition, books  and  fees
for your daughter's education in Japan.
                            
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           8.    Accountant Fees.  Apple will pay the reasonable  costs  of
accounting  services  as provided in Apple's Expatriate  Policy  to  handle
appropriate and covered financial matters.

           9.    Notice.  For the purpose of this Letter Agreement, notices
and all other communications provided for in this Letter Agreement shall be
in  writing  and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered  or
mailed  by  registered  mail,  return receipt requested,  postage  prepaid,
addressed  to Apple Computer, Inc., 1 Infinite Loop, Mail Stop,  MS  75-8A,
Cupertino,  California 95014, Attn.:  General Counsel,  or  to  such  other
address  as  either  party may have furnished to the other  in  writing  in
accordance  herewith,  except that notice of change  of  address  shall  be
effective only upon receipt.

          10.  Miscellaneous.

           (a)   Amendments, Waivers, Etc.   No provision  of  this  Letter
Agreement  may  be  modified,  waived or  discharged  unless  such  waiver,
modification  or  discharge is agreed to in writing.  No waiver  by  either
party  hereto  at any time of any breach by the other party hereto  of,  or
compliance with, any condition or provision of this Letter Agreement to  be
performed  by  such  other party shall be deemed a  waiver  of  similar  or
dissimilar  provisions  or  conditions at the  same  or  at  any  prior  or
subsequent  time.   No agreements or representations,  oral  or  otherwise,
express  or  implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof  have  been
made  by  either  party which are not expressly set forth  in  this  Letter
Agreement  and this Letter Agreement shall supersede all prior  agreements,
negotiations,  correspondence,  undertakings  and  communications  of   the
parties,  oral  or  written,  with respect to the  subject  matter  hereof;
provided, however, that, except as expressly set forth herein, this  Letter
Agreement shall not supersede the Retention Agreement or the terms  of  any
stock options previously granted to you under the Long-Term Incentive Plans
and Arrangements.  "Long-Term Incentive Plan and/or Arrangement" shall mean
the  Apple  Computer, Inc. 1990 Stock Option Plan and the  Apple  Computer,
Inc.  1987 Executive Long Term Stock Option Plan, all as amended,  and  any
successor plans thereto.

           (b)   Validity.   The  invalidity  or  unenforceability  of  any
provision  of  this  Letter  Agreement shall not  affect  the  validity  or
enforceability of any other provision of this Letter Agreement, which shall
remain in full force and effect.
                            
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           (c)   Counterparts.  This Letter Agreement may  be  executed  in
several  counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original  but
all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

           (d)  Equalization.  Apple will provide you with tax equalization
benefits in accordance with Apple's Expatriate Policy.

          (e)  Source of Payments.  All payments provided under this Letter
Agreement,  other  than  payments made pursuant to a  plan  which  provides
otherwise,  shall be paid in cash from the general funds of Apple,  and  no
special or separate fund shall be established, and no other segregation  of
assets  made, to assure payment.  You will have no right, title or interest
whatsoever  in  or to any investments which Apple may make  to  aid  it  in
meeting  its obligations hereunder.  To the extent that any person acquires
a  right to receive payments from Apple hereunder, such right shall  be  no
greater than the right of an unsecured creditor of Apple.

           (f)   Headings. The headings contained in this Letter  Agreement
are  intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect  the
rights of the parties to this Letter Agreement.

           (g)   Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction,
and  performance of this Letter Agreement shall be governed by the laws  of
the State of California without regard to its choice of law principles. The
parties agree that, except as expressly provided for to the contrary, venue
for any dispute shall be Santa Clara County, California.

           (h)   Remedies in Event of Future Dispute.  In the event of  any
future  dispute, controversy or claim between the parties arising  from  or
relating to this Letter Agreement, its breach, any matter addressed by this
Letter  Agreement,  the parties will first attempt to resolve  the  dispute
through confidential mediation to be conducted in San Francisco by a member
of  the  firm  of  Gregoria, Haldeman & Piazza, Mediated Negotiations,  625
Market Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, California 94105.  If the parties'
dispute  is  not  resolved through mediation, it will be  resolved  through
binding   confidential  arbitration  to  be  conducted  by  the    American
Arbitration Association in San Francisco, pursuant to its Model  Employment
Arbitration   Rules,  and  judgment  upon  the  award   rendered   by   the
Arbitrator(s) may be entered by any court having
                            
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jurisdiction of the matter.  The prevailing party in such arbitration shall
be  entitled to recover from the losing party, not only the amount  of  any
judgment  awarded  in its favor, but also any and all  costs  and  expenses
incurred in arbitrating the dispute or in preparing for such arbitration.
                             
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           If  this  letter sets forth our agreement on the subject  matter
hereof,  kindly sign and return to Apple the enclosed copy of  this  letter
which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   APPLE COMPUTER, INC.


                                   By _/s/ Kevin Sullivan
                                   Kevin Sullivan
                                   Senior Vice-President,
                                   Human Resources


Agreed to as of this ___  day of April, 1996.


_______________________________
         John Floisand