The Evolution Of The PC And Microsoft
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Computer Tech.
ESSAY
Xerox, Apple, IBM, and Compaq all played major roles in the development
of the Personal Computer, or ³PC,² and the success of Microsoft. Though it may
seem so, the computer industry did not just pop-up overnight. It took many
years of dedication, hard-work, and most impor ....
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.... have to be perfect, most ³nerds² just
wanted their computer to do SOMETHING.
The burning need for a PC was met in 1977, when Apple, a company formed
by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, released it¹s Apple II. Now the nerds were
satisfied, but that wasn¹t enough. In order to catapult the PC in to a big-time
product, Apple needed to make it marketable to the average Joe. This was made
possible by Visical, the home spread sheet. The Apple II was now a true-blue
product.
In order to compe ....
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