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Digital Equipment introduces the first minicomputer. It is the first commercial computer equipped with a keyboard and monitor. The minicomputer represents the movement from mainframe toward personal computers. It would cost about $100,000.
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Engineers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center create the Alto workstation, with a bit-mapped video screen.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft after writing a programming language for the world's first microcomputer.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, and begin selling Apple I computer boards.
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Apple Computer introduces the Apple II computer It features a 6502 processor, 4 kB RAM, keyboard, game paddles, color graphics and it sold for $1300.
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IBM introduces the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. It had a 4.77 MHz 8088 processor, 16 kB RAM, 5.25-inch floppy drive and sold for $1500. The IBM 5150 featured Microsoft software.
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Microsoft announces the Windows graphical user interface for DOS. DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System and is an operating system for x86-based personal computers.
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Apple Computer introduces the Apple Macintosh. It has 512x342 monochrome graphics, 9-inch monitor, mouse, 7.8 MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 128 kB RAM and is sold for $2000.
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The Macintosh Portable is Apple Inc.'s first battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer.
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IBM introduces the IBM ThinkPad line of laptop computers powered by Microsoft.
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Apple Computer and Microsoft announce a five-year alliance. Apple will make Internet Explorer the default Web browser on its computers and Microsoft will release Office for the Macintosh.
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Apple Computer announces new iMac computers. It has a 15-inch flat-panel screen attached by a pivoting arm to a 10.5-inch diameter dome.
