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The first time the word "computer" was recorded. Referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century -
Vacuum Tube
voltage current -
Transistor
Originally invented in 1907 the Transistor is the key active componant in practically all modern electronics today. -
Z3
An electromechanicl computer designed by Konrad Zuse. The world's first fully programable, and fully automatic computing machine. -
ENIAC
Designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Balistic Research Laboratory. Heralded as a "Giant Brain". Cost almost $500,000 in 1946, that's around $6,000,000 today. -
Macintosh was Introduced
Was the first consumer praised computer to have a graphical interface, and with ease of access. -
First iMac
The first "all in one" computer to be able to have everything in one box. It also was the first apple computer to have internet. The I stands for internet. -
iBook
Targeted education and buisness institutes. Popular among consumers afar. Affordable yet powerful (for that time). Also one of the first macs to run with iLife. -
The First iPod
Apple's second attempt and first success at a portable music device. It had a 16gigabyte hard drive. It was advertised as "1,000 songs in your pocket". Which later became one of the most popular and profitable devices in portable music history. -
iPhone
Apple announced the iPhone, they claimed that it was 5 years ahead of any other phone out there. They later were very right about that. iPhone takes up the majority of web traffic for mobile devices for the US. -
Apple TV
Apple TV is a device that you connect to your HDTV to be able to play movies and music from iTunes. You can also watch YouTube videos and hulu. -
iPad
Apple's first succes for a tablet computer, running a slightly modified version of iPhone OS. It sold 5 million the first 3 days.
