computer history By carmen 1 1890 machine to count a census but it worked with electricity 1946 The first computer called ENIAC is introduced to the public 1958 The second generation of computers starts, which used transistors to process information instead of vacuum tubes 1964 Integrated circuits begin to be used in the computers 1976 The microprocessor appears 1976 Apple II 1981 The IBM PC is on sale as a home computer and revolutionizes computing. 1990 It appears the WWW or Web, one of the main internet services, 1992 The development of smartphones starts with the presentation of the Simon phone that included calendar, 2001 A prototype tablet called Nokia 510 webtablet is introduced, with a 10 inches touch screen.