Computer Nerds: Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, and Allen A computer nerd is a person uses a computer in order to use one. Steve Wozniak fell in love with computers and how they worked. He built the first computer, the Apple one. The Apple one formed the basis for the future of Apple Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak also designed the Apple II, the first ready made computer and one of the most popular ever made. It was a complete computer with keyboard and power supply. After he retired from Apple, Steve returned to the University of California at Berkeley and got his bachelor's degree in Computer Science