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The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
Personal computers worldwide in million distinguished by developed and developing world. In 2001, 125 million personal computers were shipped in comparison to 48,000 in 1977. [66] More than 500 million personal computers were in use in 2002 and one billion personal computers had been sold worldwide from the mid-1970s up to this time. Of the ...
Release date: August 12, 1981; 43 ... "IBM bringing out a personal computer would be like teaching an elephant ... First IBM PC to come with an internal hard drive as ...
The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. [3] A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-only memory, keyboard, monochrome monitor, and, in early models, a cassette deck.
Personal Computer: 5150-003 August 1981: March 1983: ISA, 8-bit 5 2 Intel 8088: 4.77 48 KB 64 KB 160 KB none Single-sided, double-density floppy disk drive [1]: 1 [4]: 47 [2]: 167, 1050 [3] Personal Computer: 5150-013 Unknown Unknown ISA, 8-bit 5 2 Intel 8088: 4.77 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown [5]: 228 Personal Computer
Adam Osborne founded Osborne Computer and produced the Osborne 1 in 1981. The Osborne 1 had a five-inch screen, incorporating a modem port, two 5 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch floppy drives, and a large collection of bundled software applications. An aftermarket battery pack was available. The computer company was a failure and did not last for very long.
The Apple Computer 1 (Apple-1 [a]), later known predominantly as the Apple I (written with a Roman numeral), [b] is an 8-bit motherboard-only personal computer designed by Steve Wozniak [5] [6] and released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976.
The Macintosh, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, is the original Macintosh personal computer from Apple. It is the first successful mass-market all-in-one desktop personal computer with a graphical user interface, built-in screen and mouse. It was pivotal in establishing desktop publishing as a general office function.