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Inventions
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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