Evolution of the PC

  • Apple I

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.
  • IBM. PC

    Don Estridge and team launch the IBM PC. A basic model with an Intel8088 processor, 16k of memory, a 160k floppy disk drive, and an 11.5-inch black-and white monitor costs $1,565
  • Apple LIsa

    Apple’s Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons. It flops but eventually evolves into the Macintosh. The Gavilan SC is the first portable computer with the familiar flip form factor and the first to be marketed as a “laptop.”
  • Apple's Super Bowl commercial

    Apple runs it's famous 1984 commercial intorducing the machintosh, with a Motarola 68000 processor,128k of RAM, a 3.5 inch floppy disk drive, and a built-in 9-inch screen. Price:$2,495
  • World wide web

    Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
  • Pentium Microprocessor

    The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs.
  • Gaming PC's

    PCs become gaming machines as "Command & Conquer," "Alone in the Dark 2," "Theme Park," "Magic Carpet," "Descent" and "Little Big Adventure" are among the games to hit the market.
  • Google

    Sergey Brin and Larry Page develpop Google
  • YouTube

    YouTube, a video sharing service, is founded. Google acquires Android, a Linux-based mobile phone operating system.
  • MacBook Pro

    Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. Nintendo’s Wii game console hits the market.
  • Iphone

    The Iphone brings many computer functions to the smartphone.
  • Apple Watch

    Apple releases the Apple watch