Computers By Ed2012 Jan 1, 1800 Babbage Mechanical Computers Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Nov 12, 2012 Progression of computers Jan 1, 1930 Electro-Mechanical Computers invented Feb 14, 1946 ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer made public ENIAC Jan 1, 1950 First commercial computers Jan 1, 1950 Transistor Computers Jan 1, 1960 Microchips and Microprocessors Jan 1, 1970 Personal Computers Jan 1, 1980 Early notebooks and laptops Jan 1, 2000 Mobile computing