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(APPLE I (on sale in 1976, sold at $666.66, Apple computer's first…
The first commercially successful personal computer : The Altair 8800
sold at $439
the cover of Popular Electronics in 1975
released at 1975
TRS-80 Model 1
less cost
made by Tandy Corporation
sold by Radioshack
Commodore PET 2001
unique all-in-one design
computer
monitor
keyboard
tape drive
blur the line between computer and appliance
elusive for the first 3 decades for electronic computing and expensive to be owned
APPLE I
on sale in 1976
sold at $666.66
Apple computer's first product
designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak
Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer
came bundled with BASIC interpreters
allows non-computer-wizards to create programs
APPLE II
Rudimentary color graphics and sound output
Amazing features
targeted at
businesses
hoddyists
households
IBM
Share of the overall computer market
12 engineers
Chose Intel chips
Licenced Microsoft's Disk
Compete with outside firms to build hardware and software
Design a machine
Released IBM PC
Graphics cards
Sounds cards
External hard drives
Joystick
