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Computer History in the 80's

By aalger

  • Osborne 1 Introduced

    Osborne 1 Introduced
    Invented by Adam Osborne, The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable computer. Priced at $1,795, it weighed 24.5 lbs, came with a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, a modem, and two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives.

  • Apple Releases the Lisa Computer

    Apple Releases the Lisa Computer
    Developed by Apple, the Lisa Computer was one of the first personal computers to have graphical user interface (GUI). It came with a Motorola 68000 microprocessor and was equipped with 1 MB of RAM, a 12-inch black-and-white monitor, dual 5.25-inch floppy disk drives and a 5 MB “Profile” hard drive.

  • Microsoft Introduces Microsoft Word

    Microsoft Introduces Microsoft Word
    Invented by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie. It was originally called the Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS before changing its name to Microsoft Word. Today, many people use Word as their main computer word processor.

  • Apple Releases First Macintosh Computer

    Apple Releases First Macintosh Computer
    The Macintosh Computer was the first successful mouse-driven computer with GUI. It was priced at $2,500 and the applications that it came with were MacPaint and MacWrite. Today, Macs are one of the 2nd most popular computers.

  • Apple Introduces Macintosh Portable

    Apple Introduces Macintosh Portable
    The Macintosh Portable was created by Apple to encourage users to take their computers on the go. Weighing 16 pounds, it was priced at $6,500. Although it was discontinued 2 years after being introduced, it was a stepping stone for the MacBooks we use today.