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First ComputerThis computer was a 30-ton machine with 19,000 vacuum tubes plus 6,000 switches! Back then it was a big deal that this computer was able to add 5,000 numbers in oen second.
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It was called a mouse because of its little tail cord and made by Douglas Engelbart. It was first just a wooden shell with metal wheels.
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Xerox Palo Alto Research Center came up with the first stationed computer with a built in mouse. They gave them to universities but not sold commercially.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked together to open up Apple computers . Thee started out selling computer boards.
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Old Laptops
This laptop was made by Adam Osborne and weighed 24 lbs with a 5 inch screen. The cost was around $1795. This computer wasn't very successful since its battery pack wasn't so good. -
Laptops
Bill Gates and Microsoft's Kazuhiko Nishi started thinking about different designs for newer laptops. They had the new idea of using a liquid cyrstal display (LCD) and when showed to Radio Shack, they started making the computer. -
It was called NEC UltraLite and weighed less than 5 lbs. People consideres this computer as the first "notebook style" computer. The battery length was about 14.5 hrs .
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This computer is sold at Apple and was introduced by Steve Jobs (recently passed away). Its a touch screen , rectangular shaped , over-sized ipod touch basically. When first released, they sold 3 million in just 80 days. Total, Apple sold 14.8 million iPads worldwide in 2010.
