In this timeline, we have considered all the elements that have made the history of the evolution of computers.
Apple Computer Incorporated releases the Apple 1, the first single circuit board computer. The following year, the company introduces the Apple II that is a personal computer with colored graphics.
Intel made the 8088 microprocessor that has an architecture of 16 bit and it was very appropriate for the systems of the time. For this reason, IBM chose this processor for his computer and Intel became very famous
The first video card was introduced by IBM in 1981 to coincide the output of the first PC based on CPU 8086 and 8088. The video adapter took the name of Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) and as you can imagine was monochromatic. The function of the graphics on the screen was to bring letters of the alphabet, punctuation, digits and other symbols
IBM introduces its first personal computer featuring the Intel 8088 microprocessor. It sparked the PC revolution and set industry standards that still exist today.
Adam Osborne completes the first portable computer. It weighs 24 pounds and plugs into the wall.
company called Hercules (still on the market) offers for sale a new adapter also with graphic functions. His name was Hercules Graphics Card (HGC). In addition to the text-mode adapter that also had a monochrome graphics mode. In practice, instead of using the internal character generator, specified the image pixel by pixel This technology is still the basis of modern video cards.
The IBM establishes his format PC featuring an Intel processor, Microsoft DOS and a hard drive as the most popular personal computing platform.
Apple introduces the Macintosh with a GUI. It is the first computer with graphical user interface and it was easy to use.
The number of PCs shipped worldwide reaches nearly 64 milion and a 15/year period of continuous growth begins.
Recordable CD become available
The number of PCs shipped worldwide reaches nearly 120 million.
Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1, providing a solid multimedia platform for consumer games and learning applications.
One of the most important chips in the story of processors is Intel Pentium because it had the register size of 64 bit and it had a double incorporated cache. One of this is used for the data and the other is used for the code. There aremany various versions of this processor made during this years. Some of them are Pentium Pro, Pentium 2 and Pentium 3.
Microsoft launches Windows 95 and its browser Internet Explorer. Selling more than 1 million copies in the first four days
The Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) debuts at the Consumer Electronics Show. Approximately 40 million people are connected to te Internet and more than 1 billion dollars change hands online.
OS X, formerly known as Mac OS X is the operating system developed by Apple for Macintosh computers, created in 2001 to combine the characteristic features of the user interface of the original Mac OS with the architecture of an operating system derived from UNIX
Microsoft introduces the OS called Windows Xp. It is one of the most famous OS of every time.
This processor is the first chip realized by Intel with double core (it means that the processor had two brains )
Windows 7 is an OS published in 2009. This OS is considered the most beautiful and functional Windows ever made.
This is a series of processors that have more than 2 cores. the newest reach 8 cores. The processors of this series are i3,i5,i7 with their variants. The most powerfull processor is Intel Core I7 Extreme Edition.
Windows 8 is an operating system of Microsoft Windows series. The final version was made available to the public October 26, 2012. Its graphic look like mobile operating systems.
GeForce® GTX ™ TITAN Z is fastest graphics card on the planet, designed to be used in machines for the most extreme gaming.
Windows 10 was presented September 30, 2014 and will be released by mid-2015. Many functions and more should still be revealed.
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