Personal Computing: Past, Present, and

FutureBy: Mike Wills

What is a PC?

Brief History

Current Industry Status

Future

Presentation Outline

Merriam Webster defines a personal computer as: A general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor

and designed to run especially commercial software (as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user

What is a PC?

History

Mainframes◦ Very Large and expensive◦ Corporations, Government, and

Universities◦ Jobs prepared on punch cards

Could take hours or days to get job results

Minicomputers◦ Early 60’s◦ Still large and fairly expensive◦ Much more convenient

History - Before PC’s

Combined arithmetic, logic, and control functions into one integrated circuit

Costs and size dropped dramatically First invented:

◦ Texas Instruments TMS 1000◦ September 17, 1971

First commercially available: ◦ Intel 4004◦ November 15, 1971

History - The Microprocessor

History - Innovations

Brought personal computing into mainstream society◦ Commodore PET◦ Apple II◦ TRS-80

History – “1977 Trinity”

Commodore64 IBM PC 5150 Apple Macintosh 128k Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 95 Apple iMac, and PowerMac

History – What Comes Next?

Current Industry

Processors◦ Clock Speeds◦ Multi-Core◦ Moore’s law

RAM Input Devices Output Devices Storage

Current – The Computer

Google Glass

OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator

Samsung Youm Flexible Displays

Current - Innovations

Future

Laptops and Desktops on the decline

Future – Where Are We Headed?

Apple vs Android

Future – Rise of the Tablet

Future: Desktops

Questions?

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