Timeline of computers

By Samuel Scott
  • Z3 computer

    Z3 computer

  • The Baby

    The Baby

    First computer to use a sort of Random Acess Memory
  • IBM 350 RAMAC

    IBM 350 RAMAC

    First computer to use transistors and disk drives.
  • Microchips

    Microchips

    The invention of microchips changed the world. This allowed for the production of minicomputers and microcomputers. This helped shink down the size of computer space.
  • Personal computers

    Personal computers

    This was one of the first personal computers. It used small scale integrated circuts and a multichip CPU, and had bteween 4kB and 48kB of ram.
  • portable computers

    portable computers

    First portable computer

  • Update to operating system.

    Windows 3.0 allowed users to run miltiple programs on the same computer. In june computers went to 32 bit computers. computers were mostly text based
  • Mobile Computing

    Mobile Computing

    Computers in side of phones. Palm Pilots and PDA devices introduced. Computing can travel.
  • Netbooks just like Desktops

    Netbooks just like Desktops

    Netbook computers become more popular. They can check email and use internet just as a desktop computer can.
  • Minicomputer phones

    Minicomputer phones

    This is the current model of computers. 30 something gigabytes of hardrive space . ultra thin, and mobile.