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IBM launches their personal computer - the PC
-IBM Model 5150
-4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor
-Microsoft´s MS-DOS operating system
-was widely used and duplicated in the industry
-invented by Philip Don Estridge -
VIC-20 is introduced
-made to be cheaper than the PET computer
-broke records and sold more than a million units
-cost $200
-invented by Michael Tomczyk -
Apple's Macintosh hits the market
-first advertised in the 1984 Super Bowl
-first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphical user interface
-operated on Motorola 68000 microprocessor
-$2,500
-included MacPaint and MacWrite
-invented by Steve Jobs -
Compaq's Deskpro 386 is put on the market
-first fully 32-bit PC based on the Intel 386,
-made Compaq the leader of the PC's
-about twice as fast as the fastest systems of the time
-invented by Rod Canion, Bill Murto, and Jim Harris -
Intel's 80486 microprocessor is reveiled
-1 million+ transistors
-a 32-bit integer arithmetic and logic unit
-64-bit floating-point unit
-clock rate of 33 MHz.
-doubled the performance of the 386 while keeping the clock rate the same
-invented by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
