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History of ICT

By alisonvickers

  • First Computer

    First Computer
    ENIAC was the first fully functional computer. Created by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. It was about 1,800 square feet and used 18,000 vacuum tubes. Its construction took place from 1943 - 1946. Data was entered, such as a math question, and it printed a hard copy of the answer. https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm

  • First Computer by Apple

    First Computer by Apple
    The first Apple product the "Apple-1" was hand-built by Steve Wozniak. 200 units were produced and it costed $666. Most computers of the day were sold in kits, but this was a fully assembled circuit board with 60+ chips. However to power it, the user had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard, and composite video display.https://www.mac-history.net/apple-history-2/apple-i/2012-07-08/apple-i

  • First Portable Computer

    First Portable Computer
    the Osborne 1 made its debut as the world's first portable PC, and weighed 24 pounds.Created by Adam Osborne, It had a 5-inch display sandwiched in between two floppy disc drives and it cost $1,795. Osborne 1 was meant to be portable. It had a plastic case that folded up, a handle, and a battery pack. It was roughly the same size as a sewing machine. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383022,00.asp

  • First Modern Laptop

    First Modern Laptop
    Bill Moggridge invented the first modern flip open laptop, which he named the "Grid Compass". For the time, it weighed a light 12 pounds and was only mainly used by NASA and the military. It costs about $8,150. Since the Osborne 1 came out at the same time, this laptop wasn't very popular, however, it still was the first of its type.https://www.pcworld.com/article/262089/rip_bill_moggridge_design_father_of_the_laptop.html

  • Macintosh Computer

    Macintosh Computer
    This was the first commercially successful personal computer, to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface. The computer had the pre-installed software, unlike other PC's. However, a huge flaw was that it could only have a max storage of 512 KB. Even for its time, this was a tiny amount of storage. This computer was a huge hit, however, and sparked a revolution in technology.http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Macintosh.html

  • Modern Day Laptop

    Modern Day Laptop
    Now, there are many brands that make laptops. Some of the most popular brands for laptops are Apple, Google (Chromebook), HP, Acer, and more. They all, however, share the same modern-day clamshell style, lightweight look. With the lightest being the HP Spectre weighing in at only 2.45 pounds. Most brands, such as Apple, use the cloud to upload storage, with storage starting at 120 GB, all the way up to 2 TB.