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Texas Instruments TI 99/4 is released
The 99/4 has great CPU speed for home use at the time and came with a speak and spell game installed. The computer displayed colored graphics and had a video display controller. -
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Computer innovation throughout the 80's
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Commodore 64 is realesed
This computer is in the Genius book of world records for the greatest selling computer of all time. It sold for around $600 a unit during the period. This unit had 64 KB of Ram and was known for its great graphics. -
Apple introduces the Lisa computer
First commercialized personal computer that had a GUI. Other companies such as Windows and Mac would soon adapt some of the same elements in their future computers. -
Apple introduces the Macintosh
Macintosh was the first successful mouse driven computer with a GUI and had features such as MacPaint and MacWrite. This was a game changer for computer applications moving forward. -
Deskpro 386 is released
The Deskpro 386 was as fast as mainframes and mini computers. It operated at 4 million operations per second and was the first computer with 80386 processor. -
IBM introduces their Personal system PS/2 machines
This was famously known for the floppy disk computer. IBM sold over 1 million units in the first year. This was also the first IBM computer that you could use a mouse on. -
Apple introduces the Macintosh Portable
This "laptop" weighed 16 pounds and cost roughly $6,500 at the time. This model was discontinued a few years later due to the lack of sales. However, this was the start of the newer laptop designs that would follow.