Apple II Becomes the First Successful Preassembled Personal Computer
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Scientists, Business, Trade, Commerce, Computers, Computer Science
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: April, 1977
Article abstract: The introduction of the preassembled Apple II personal computer by Apple Computer created the market for home, education, and small business computing.
Summary of Event
The development of the computer during the 1940’s expanded the capacity to do intensive mathematical calculations, doing them far more rapidly than teams of scientists could. Initially, it was thought that computers would be effective only for scientific work; in the 1950’s, it was shown that business could make great use of them. Into the 1960’s, however, the idea...
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