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Z1 was created by Germany's Konrad Zuse -
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The ABC devloped by Professer John Vincent Atansoff and graduate student Cliff Bary -
The ENIAC: invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly -
The early British computer known as EDSAC is considered to be the first stored-program electronic computer. -
MIT introduces the Whirlwind Machine -
The TX-O was demonstrated at MIT. -
Digital Equipment Corporation released its first of many PDP computers the PDP-1 -
Although never sold the first workstation is considered to be the Xerox Alto. It included a fully functional computer display and mouse. -
Ed Roberts coined the term PC(personal computer) when he introduced the Altair 8800. This computer relied on a series of switches for inputting data and output data by turning on and off a series of lights. The Mircal is considered to be the first commercial non-assembly computer, used the Intel 8008 processor. -
Steve Wozniak designed the first Apple known as the Apple I computer in 1976. The first computer company was the Electronic Controls Company and was founded in 1949 by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the same individuals who helped create the ENIAC, -
The IBM 5100 is the first portable computer that was released in September 1975. It weighed 55 pounds of ram and had a 5 inch CRT display. The first truly portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I which was released in April 1981. And in 1994 introduces the IBM Thinkpad 775CD, the first notebook with an integrated CD-ROM -
On April 7, 1953, IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first electric computer and the first mass-produced computer. Later IBM introduced its first personal computer called the "IBM PC" in 1981. -
The first PC clone was developed by Compaq, the Compaq Portable was released in March 1983. -
In 1992 Tandy Radio Shack becomes one of the first companies to release a computer based on MPC standards, M2500 XL/2, and M4020 SX.