Brief History of Apple Macintosh
The first Macintosh was the 128 K released first in 1984. Macintosh was first affordable computer to include a GUI (Graphical User Interface). It was built around the Motorola 6800 chip which was significantly faster than previous processors. It came in a small case with a black and white monitor built- in. It even came with a mouse and keyboard. Big progress from the Apple I which came out in 1976 which included only the circuit board, but here’s the real kicker you had to build your own case. Wow!
Macintosh has made a lot of progress over the past two decades with updated releases in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 91, 92 etc.. And more current day 2003 with the iMac G4.
Brief History of Microsoft Windows
On November 10, 1983 Microsoft Windows, an extension of MS DOS was born and sold for $100.00. It is a graphical operating environment for PC users. The GUI era at Microsoft begins. The first widely popular version of Windows released in......
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