History of Hardware

By jimenezvictoria7
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  • First Hard Disk Drive - IBM 350 Disk File

    First Hard Disk Drive - IBM 350 Disk File
    It was made up of 50 24-inch discs and could hold about 4.4 MB of data.

  • Computer Mouse

    Computer Mouse
    It was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart. It had two wheels positioned at 90-degree angle. The ball mouse was invented in 1972.

  • First Portable Computer - IBM 5100

    First Portable Computer - IBM 5100
    Weight about 55 pounts.

  • First Apple Computer - Apple I

    First Apple Computer - Apple I
    They were hand built by Steve Wozniak. The price was $666.66. Only 200 of them were built. In order to make the computer work, the buyer had to purchase power supply, a keyboard, and a display.

  • Laser Printer - IBM Model 3800

    Laser Printer - IBM Model 3800
    The first commercial implementation of a laser printer didn’t happen until IBM released the IBM model 3800 in 1976

  • First Laptop Computer - Grid Compass 110

    First Laptop Computer - Grid Compass 110
    Desgined by Bill Moggridge in 1979. It weight elevent pounds and cost $8,000-$10,000.

  • First IBM PC - IBM 5150

    First IBM PC - IBM 5150
    PC = "Personal Computer"
    It was made up of an Intell 8088 processor and a floppy disk.

  • IBM ThinkPad - integrated fingerprint reader

    IBM ThinkPad - integrated fingerprint reader
    In 2004, IBM produced a laptop with an integrated fingerprint reader.

  • Microsoft released Windows 95

    Microsoft released Windows 95