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History of Personal Computers
Ø1975:  Altair – first microcomputer
Ø1976-1977:  first Apple – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak – built in Job’s garage; they tried to sell their idea to Atari – they weren’t interested; then they tried Hewlitt Packard – they said “we don’t need you – you haven’t got through college yet”
Ø1981:  IBM PC
Ø1982:  Compaq is founded to develop and market IBM-compatible PCs
Ø1982:  Sun Microsystems introduces its first workstation
Ø1984:  Apple MacIntosh – first desktop with a GUI OS
Ø1985:  Microsoft introduces Windows – its first GUI OS for IBM-compatibles
Ø1998:  Compaq buys DEC – biggest takeover in computer history – becomes second largest computer firm behind IBM
Ø2002: Compaq merged with Hewlett Packard