History of the Personal Computer

By Jared Morley

  • IBM 610

    According to Columbia University, this was the first 'Personal Computer'.

  • Hewlett-Packard release their first "Personal Computer"

    The Hewlett Packard 9100A

  • Tablet PC

    Alan Kay envisioned the DynaBook tablet computer at Xerox. The target audience of the DynaBook was originally designed for children to learn and gather information.

  • Xerox Desktop Computer

    The Xerox Corporation releases the Alto, a personal computer designed for reasearch purposes. It had a fully functioning keyboard, mouse, and ethernet networking system, so that information could be easily shared between computers.

  • Apple 2

  • Notebook computer Osborne 1

    The size of a sewing machine and had no battery life, thus making it unpopular

  • IBM PC

  • Apple release Lisa

    This was Apples first mass-marketed computer.

  • Apple Macintosh

    Apple introduces the Macintosh

  • The First Mac Portable

    It had a 640x480 black and white display, and a 16 MHz processor at a time when most portable computers were running at 10-12 MHz. It also had an amazing ten hour battery lifetime. Weighed 17 lbs.

  • Macintosh Powerbook

    Apple's PowerBook 500 was the first portable computer to include a touchpad, or trackpad, for mouse input. This portable computer was also the first to incorporate 16 bit stereo sound.

  • iMac

    Apple releases the iMac

  • Portable Computers

    Apple Computer releases the Mac mini computer for $500

  • Netbook

    Sub-compact laptops. ( Smaller than the normal sized laptop)

  • Thinnest Laptops

    The laptop is only .76 inches in height and has a 13.3 inch glossy screen that displays at 1280x800 resolution.