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First IBM Personal Computer
There were 12 engineers working on the first personal computer. Led by William C. Lowe, these engineers worked on this under code name “Project Chess” for the new computer they called “Acorn”. On August 12, 1981 IBM introduced their first personal computer. You could purchase the computer for the first time through outside distributors Sears & Roebuck and Computerland. This computer started popular term PC. -
Apple's Computer
Apple creates “Lisa”, first personal computer with graphical user interface (GUI), drop-down menu and icons. The computer is released January 19, 1983 and is targeted for individual business users. The computer name stood for Local Integrated Software Architecture but co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, had a daughter named Lisa also. Apple sold this computer for $9,995 in 1985 and it eventually flopped but evolves into Macintosh. -
Macintosh
Due to the expensive price of Lisa, Steve Jobs moved forward with the current project that Jef Raskin developed back in 1979 to be a text-based computer, called Macintosh. They launched this as a cheaper, faster and more user friendly version of Lisa in January of 1984. The Macintosh quickly passes Lisa in sales and becomes known later as Macs -
Microsoft Windows
In response to Apple’s GUI operating system, Microsoft releases Windows on Nov 20, 1985. It was a GUI that was offered with Microsoft’s already disk operating system. This allowed MS-DOS users to display contents of files and folders with clicking a mouse button, instead of typing commands in the text prompt.
The Commodore unveils Amiga 1000 also in 1985 that has advanced audio and video. -
Deskpro 386
Compaq released Deskpro 386 in Sept 1986 which had the first MS-DOS, PC-compatible 32-bit computer with 386 processor. This resulted in a considerably faster computer with a better display quality than the IBM comparable 386 computer. The Deskpro 386 was awarded the 1986 Product of the Year award.
