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Personal Computer

From Apple I (1976) to the pocket

A general-purpose computer on a desk in every home. The Mac brought the GUI to the masses, the IBM PC standardised x86, and the Web turned each machine into a window onto every other one.

Key specifications

Apple I / II

1976 / 1977

IBM PC

1981

Macintosh (GUI)

1984

World Wide Web

1991

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Personal Computer
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