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Computer History Timeline

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  • First Programmable Computer

    First Programmable Computer
    The Z1 began development in 1936 by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room and today is considered the first electrical binary programmable computer.

  • 86-DOS

    86-DOS
    86-DOS was an operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products for its Intel 8086-based computer kit. Initially known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) the name was changed to 86-DOS once SCP started licensing the operating system.

  • Windows Introduced

    Windows Introduced
    Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in 1983 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces.

  • Macintosh Introduced

    Macintosh Introduced
    The Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface.

  • Windows Mistakes

    Windows Mistakes
    On january 30, 2007 Windows released it new operating system. It was called windows vista. Vista gave windows a fresh new look, but that was about it. Vista turned out to be a sorry excuse for a operating system. The driver support was not good and often some hardware was not compatible. With these errors many blue screens were created.

  • Windows 7

    Windows 7
    Windows new operating system will be released in september of 2009. It is being created to correct all the mistakes on vista. From what many are saying Windows 7 will be much better than Windows Vista.