Icons of the last 25 years of computing?

dangerstat · 9 Aug 2009 at 20:53

What are yours?

These are mine in some sort of photo "montage" of computers that I think have shaped todays PCs, not many so hope you add to them!

[1] The AMSTRAD CPC 464 - Amazing spec of a 4Mhz CPU and a whole 64KB of RAM. The first PC many of us probably used. (Notable mentioned to the BBC Micro, Spectrum ZX)

[2] IBM PC 8088 based - The origin of most modern desktop PC's this 5150 model boasts a 4.77 MHz chip and upto 256KB of RAM!

[3] Well - lets have it - MS Windows - this being version 2 - pretty much everyone's current OS is based on this bad boy. It might be a bloaty piece of **** now, but in it's time was revolutionary along with MAC OS

[4] The Palm Pilot and Apple Newton - The start of the what was never to be "pocket PC" market

[5] Computers get stylish thanks to Apple, the cute IMac

dangerstat · 9 Aug 2009 at 21:00

Vixen said:
They're not all from the last 15 years! I had a pc with Windows 3.1 more than 15 years ago .

Should have put last 25 years as suggested

dangerstat · 9 Aug 2009 at 22:04

Biohazard said:
To the OP - Microsoft Windows was clumsy and not as good as the Apple gui at the time. I could certainly tell that from use. The mac looked so much better and was more enjoyable to use.

I disagree.

dangerstat · 10 Aug 2009 at 17:45

I did say special mention to the BBC Micro. And on hand held PC's a meant that they didn't take off in a device in their own right.