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The First Laptop Computer
The first laptop computer was invented by Adam Osborne and it cost $1,795...this was the birth of the portable computer, today laptops are seen in many coffee shops around the world being used by customers to access the internet! https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Who-invented-the-laptop-and-which-company-first-produced-it-commercially/articleshow/991598.cms#:~:text=The%20laptop%20was%20invented%20by,computer%20screen%20built%20into%20it. -
The First CD Rom
In 1982, Japanese company Denon developed what we know as a CD-ROM. This made it possible to install the early programs and software onto computers. https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/cd-rom/#:~:text=In%201982%2C%20Japanese%20company%20Denon,a%20computer%20show%20in%201984. -
The First Cell Phone
Martin Cooper, the engineer from Motorola, developed the first hand-held phone that could connect over Bell's AMPS...the cell phone allowed people to communicate with others without a landline phone or even home phone service! https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/invention-mobile-phones#:~:text=Martin%20Cooper%2C%20the%20engineer%20from,launched%20the%20DynaTAC%20in%201984. -
The First Microsoft Windows OS
The original Windows 1 was Microsoft's first true attempt at a graphical user interface in 16-bit. Development was spearheaded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and ran on top of MS-DOS, which relied on command-line input -
The First Apple Laptop
Before Steve Jobs came along and changed the the computer world ... Apple released its first “portable” Macintosh computer — and “portable” belongs in quotation marks, because Sisyphus might as well have been made to lift this thing up a hillside for eternity. https://time.com/3398919/apple-first-portable-macintosh/
