The Start of the PC Industry
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:14:36
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (557 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (557 words)
Module 1
Section 3
3.2<Tab/>Microsoft Sets the Trend
1.<Tab/>Gates and Allen took an existing product and adapted it to make it a Microsoft product. The same happened with DOS, and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one.
2.<Tab/>BASIC was originally run on mainframes and through Gates's and Allen's efforts it could now be run on a microcomputer.
3.&…
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…amp;lt;Tab/>Apple I machines
2.<Tab/>Apple II machines: a computer which would feature color graphics, come pre-assembled and have more power than most existing microcomputers.
Some of the defining characteristics of the new PC companies:
*<Tab/>Very informal culture
*<Tab/>Young, talented employees
*<Tab/>Intellectual creativity
*<Tab/>Incredible success, incredibly quickly
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