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Apple - Microsoft Timeline

By cedenow

  • The PC revolution begins

    Paul Allen and Bill Gates create Microsoft and sell their first product.

  • Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs start Apple Computer

  • Apple II

    Apple II is unveiled, the first personal computer in a plastic case with color graphics.

  • PCs take off

    MS-DOS operating system is introduced on the IBM computer

  • Microsoft Windows first announced

    Microsoft Windows graphical user interface is first announced.

  • Apple Lisa

    Apple starts selling the desktop computer Lisa

  • Apple's Macintosh

    The Macintosh is announced

  • Office for Macintosh

    Office for Macintosh, version 1.o, hits the market

  • Windows 3.0

    Microsoft ships Windows 3.0

  • Windows 95 launches

    Sells more than one million copies in four days

  • The Internet Explodes

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 gives users an unparalleled Internet client solution.