2007-02-03 07:03:36 · 5 answers · asked by JACQUELINE T 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Computer classification is vague... I mean, the original Texas Instruments programmable calculators with LED lit numbers were technically a computer. If you talking about the one that had a keyboard... It would probably have to be the comadore 64.
I know my first computer was a Texas Instruments TI99-4A. It was a console type with a built in keyboard. It connected to a television set and I had to connect a tape recorder to it to save and retrieve files. If I remember right, it cost me about $199.00. But that was big money back in 1979.
In 1982, my dad bought an IBM compatible. He got one with a 20 Meg (not Gig) hard drive, which was twice as much space as the standard model. He wanted to make sure he got more space than he'd ever need so that he would never have to buy another computer again. LOL... I think he spend like $2,500 on it.
There is a thing called "Moore's Law". Back in the 70's this guy name Moore, who was involved with the original Apple computer company, made a prediction that the microprocessor technology would double every 18 months for the same dollar spent. This has slowed down a little during the past few years, but has stayed pretty accurate for at least two decades. Now, most technoconomists (lol... I made that term up) agree that the same formula should be applied to communcation speed rather than processor technology. Grant it, processor technology continues to increase, the market has definately been focused on high speed communications over the past 3 to 5 years.
2007-02-03 07:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by JT 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Altair 8800 was essentially the first computer that you could call a personal computer, they were the forerunners for what Apple and Microsoft would do later on. It came out around December 1974 and cost around $621 Assembled. However many will say that the first true personal computer was the Apple II which came out in 1977 at the price of $1298.
But if you get really technical the first personal computer was the Berkeley Enterprises Simon released in 1950 at a price of $300
2007-02-03 07:15:35 · answer #2 · answered by prmaples 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 16:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Denney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Altair 8800 was the first true "PC" and was first available as a build it yourself kit the first become available on December 19, 1974. The kit orginally sold for $397.
2007-02-03 07:17:06 · answer #4 · answered by Detroit Rob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
about $2,000 for the IBM PC in 1981 was what the majority of computer are modeled after. There were others before it, but none really caught on.
2007-02-03 07:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by computertech82 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-02 02:21:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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