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Apple
*Apple Company is founded.
*Apple introduces Apple II.
*Apple l personal computer is annouced, -
Microsoft
*Develops its first ad campaign, called "The Legend of Micro-Kid."
*Microsoft refines and enhances BASIC to sell to other customers including DTC, General Electric, NCR, and Citibank. -
Microsoft
*A partnership agreement between Paul Allen and Bill Gates.
*The Commodore PET- had an integrated, self-contained design and was aggressively priced at less than $800. -
Microsoft
They introduce COBOL-80. -
Microsoft
*Microsoft 8080 BASIC is the first microprocessor product to win the ICP Million Dollar Award.
*Microsoft expands its service to the European market with the addition of a new representative, Vector Microsoft, of Belgium. Microsoft has already established contracts with ICL, Phillips, R2E, and several other OEMs. -
Apple
The Lisa Project, a $2000 Apple III-like computer, begins under Ken Rothmuller. -
Microsoft
Microsoft announces Microsoft XENIX OS, a portable operating system for 16-bit microprocessors. -
Microsoft
The original IBM Personal Computer was actually introduced with several options in operating systems. -
Apple
*Mike Markkula becomes president of Apple.
*Introduction 'the IBM PC for $1565. With 16k RAM, a 5.25" floppy drive, running the first version of MS-DOS, it is a rather pitiful computer that rarely reached the efficiency of the Apple II released 4 years earlier. -
Microsoft
The Microsoft Local Area Network (MILAN) is now fully functional, linking all of Microsoft's in-house development computers including a DEC 2060, two PDP-11/70s, a VAX 11/250 and many MC68000 machines running XENIX. -
Apple
Lisa is declared ready for market. -
Apple
The Apple III+ is introduced for $2995. It replaced the defective Apple III models. -
Microsoft
Microsoft announces that MSX-DOS, an 8-bit disk operating system for MSX microcomputers, will be available to 14 Japanese and one U.S. micro manufacturers next January. MSX-DOS is CP/M-80 2.2 compatible and runs all Microsoft's 8-bit software including the languages BASIC, COBOL-80, and FORTRAN-80, and Multiplan. -
Apple
$2495 Macintosh and $3495 Lisa 2 introduced. -
Microsoft
Microsoft announces and released Word, Multiplan, File, Chart, BASIC, and other programs. -
Microsoft
Microsoft announces and released Word, Multiplan, File, Chart, BASIC, and other programs. -
Apple
*Apple renames the Lisa 2/10 the Macintosh XL, and discontinues all other Lisa configurations.
*Sculley signs agreement to let Bill Gates use Mac technology in Windows, if Microsoft continues to produce products for the Mac. -
Microsoft
Microsoft releases Excel for Macintosh. -
Apple
*The Apple IIGS is introduced for $999.
*Apple declares 6 different Mac Pluses the 1 milionth Mac. Raskin is presented with one of them, which he still uses, -
Microsoft
Microsoft releases the first version of its GUI OS, Windows 1.01. It's arcane user interface is almost unsuable, a large disapointment. -
Microsoft
Microsoft and IBM announce the delivery of the jointly developed Operating System/2 (OS/2) 1.1 with Presentation Manager. Presentation Manager is the graphical user interface (GUI) for the OS/2 operating system. This is the second major release of the Standard Edition of OS/2. -
Apple
The Apple IIc+, the last in the Apple II line, is introduced. -
Apple
The NeXTstep OS is introduced. It will eventually be bought by Apple and used in its next generation OS, Rhapsody. -
Microsoft
Microsoft and IBM broaden the scope of their development agreement by agreeing to jointly develop a consistent, full range of systems software offerings for the 1990s. -
Microsoft
Windows 3.0 is released. -
Microsoft
Microsoft introduces Russian MS-DOS 4.01. -
Apple
The Apple/IBM alliance becomes official. Among the many agreements, Apple and IBM will create PowerPC-based machines and produce two companies, Taligent and Kaleida -
Apple
Steve Jobs announces NeXTstep 3.0, NeXTstep 486, a version of NeXTstep that could run on an Intel 486 simultaneously with MS-DOS, and promises 33 MHz '40 processor versions of the NeXTcube and NeXTstation/Color at the NeXTWORLD Expo in San Fransisco. -
Microsoft
Microsoft NT is released. -
Apple
Apple liscenses PowerPC ROMs to DayStar Digital, so they can begin creating PPC Upgrade cards. -
Apple
Apple releases System 7.5, with a bunch of new features everybody already had as shareware. -
Apple
Apple releases the first PowerMacs (6100/60, 7100/66, 8100/80) using the PowerPC 601. -
Apple
*Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G3 and the color iMacs at Macworld San Francisco.
*Apple releases the first PCI Mac, the $5000 PowerMac 9500/120 using the new Tsunami motherboard. -
Microsoft
Windows 95 launches. -
Microsoft
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. -
Apple
Mac OS 7.6, the first part of Apple's new OS strategy, is released exactly 13 years after the introduction of the Macintosh. -
Apple
At worldwide "Apple Event", Apple releases the PowerMac G3. The Apple Store is also introduced, and a deal is made with CompUSA for an "Apple store within the store". Though this greatly increases Mac sales, many disapointed by lack of bigger news. -
Apple
Jobs announces a projected $47 million profit for the first quarter at Macworld Expo, finally bringing Apple back to profitability. -
Microsoft
Windows 2000 Professional and Server are the business operating systems. -
Apple
At Macworld San Francisco, Steve Jobs drops the 'interim' in his title and officially becomes Apple’s CEO. He also demoes Mac OS X's revolutionary Aqua interface to a bewildered audience -
Apple
After four years of hard work, Mac OS X 10.0, the new incarnation of NeXTSTEP, ships -
Apple
Steve Jobs unveils iPod at a small media event on the company's campus. He has no idea how it will tranform Apple.