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Commondore International releases the color computer
The first color computer, the Commondore VIC-20 hits the market. The monitor was a TV set, storage through a cassette tape, and apps were mainly video games. Invented by Commondore International. -
IBM releases the first personal computer.
Called the Osborne, the first laptop computers were sold to the public. The MS-DOS 1.0 had a 5 inch display with a weight of 24 pounds. Invented by Microsoft and IBM. -
Motorola creates the DynaTAC
Martin Cooper created the DynaTAC 8000X. Although bulky and heavy, it was the worlds first commercial portable cell phone. -
Apple releases the Macintosh Computer
Invented by Steve Jobs and Apple, was the first computer to have a mouse and a graphical user interface and to be widely produced as well. -
Microsoft Windows 1.0
This software was created by Microsoft in partnership with Apple as it was released on the Macintosh. It was designed to become a full operating system in the future but currently was used as a graphics environment which allowed users to have a visual navigation of the operating system. It would later be developed into the software we all know as Microsoft Windows.