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Year
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Apple
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Other
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1981
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- First Apple layoff affects 40 employees.
- Apple introduces ProFile, 5 MB hard drive for Apple
III.
- Over 300,000 Apple II
users.
- Apple has over 2,500 employees.
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- IBM PC introduced on
August 12 with 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU and 16 KB RAM. (Floppy drive and video
card optional.)
- MS-DOS introduced.
- Osborne
introduces first portable computer.
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1982
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- Apple stops flow of illegal clones.
- AppleCare introduced.
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- Intel introduces 80286 CPU.
- Time magazine calls 1982 "The Year of the Computer."
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1983
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- 01.19: Lisa introduced
with 5 MHz 68000 CPU, 860k 5.25" floppy, 12" b&w screen,
detached keyboard, and mouse for $9,995.
- Jan.: Apple IIe introduced at $1,395.
- April: John Sculley becomes
Apple's president and CEO.
- Apple enters Fortune 500 at #411.
- One-millionth Apple II
produced.
- Apple III+ introduced in December at $2,995.
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- Ten million personal computers in
US
- Lotus 1-2-3 introduced, quickly displaces VisiCalc as
spreadsheet of choice.
- Microsoft Word introduced.
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1984
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- 01.22: Legendary 1984 ad
appears during Super Bowl.
- 01.24: Macintosh
128K introduced at $2,495 with 128 KB RAM, 400 KB
floppy, built in monitor. (See cover of February 1984 Byte.)
- 01.24: Macintosh
System 1.0
- Jan.: Lisa 2
introduced with 400k 3.5" floppy and 10 MB optional hard drive.
- April: Apple IIc introduced at $1,295.
- May: Macintosh System 1.1 introduces fonts and Font Mover.
- Apple introduces 300 bps and 1200 bps modems.
- 09.10: Mac 512K
'Fat Mac' introduced at $3,195.
- 2,000,000 Apple IIs in
existence.
- More in Macintosh History:
1984
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- 3.5" floppy drives introduced.
- IBM PC/AT uses 6 MHz 80286 CPU, 256 KB RAM, HD 1.2 MB
floppy, 16-bit bus. $4,000. Compare with features and price of Mac 128K
and 512K to the left.
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1985
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- Jan.: Lisa 2 w/10 MB hard drive renamed Macintosh XL. All other
Lisa models discontinued.
- Feb.: Steve Wozniak leaves
Apple.
- March: LaserWriter
introduced at $6,999.
- April: Macintosh System 2.0 introduces New Folder command
and viewing by small icon or as a list.
- June: 1,200 employees dropped in reorganization.
- Sept.: Steve Jobs leaves Apple
and eventually starts NeXT.
- 500,000 Macs in use.
- More in Macintosh History:
1985
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- Microsoft ships Windows.
- Intel introduces 80386 CPU.
- Aldus
PageMaker ships.
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