History of personal computers - Wikipedia
The Kenbak-1, released in early 1971, is considered by the Computer History Museum to be the world's first personal computer. It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of …
What Was The First PC? - CHM Revolution
Judges settled on John Blankenbaker’s Kenbak-1 as the first personal computer. Designed in 1971, before microprocessors were invented, the Kenbak-1 had 256 bytes of memory and …
Personal computer (PC) | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 27, 2025 · A small firm named MITS made the first personal computer, the Altair. This computer, which used Intel Corporation ’s 8080 microprocessor, was developed in 1974.
The history of PCs | Microsoft Windows
Dec 31, 2024 · The introduction of the IBM PC in 1981, running Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system, set a new standard for personal computing. This period saw the emergence of iconic …
Invention of the PC - HISTORY
May 11, 2011 · Intel’s first microprocessor, a 1/16-by-1/8-inch chip called the 4004, had the same computing power as the massive ENIAC.
How the Personal Computer Took Over the World - iFixit
In January 2025, we passed the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the first commercially available personal computer, the Altair 8800. It was not necessarily the first personal …
The Forgotten Pioneer: John Blankenbaker and the Kenbak-1, the First PC …
Mar 26, 2024 · But the origins of the trusty PC trace back to 1971 and a garage in Los Angeles, where an Oregon-based electronics wizard built the world‘s first machine that non-technical …
The First PCs - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
The company produced a powerful desktop computer called the PC (for Personal Computer; the first model was the 5150) in 1981 and used its well-known brand name to capture much of the …
Booting Up: The Rise of the PC — Google Arts & Culture
The Apple 1’s exposed motherboard may look alien to people today, but in 1976, it was the first fully assembled personal computer available to customers. The “out of the box” computers that...
The History of the PC - The Fact Site
Jul 8, 2016 · Windows 1.0 was born, giving the GUI interface of the Mac to Windows and stepping away from MS-DOS.