First Commercial Desktop Computer

In 1964 the first desktop computer the programma 101 was unveiled to the public at the new york world s fair.

First commercial desktop computer.

The univac 1 is the first commercial computer to attract widespread public attention. Produced by italian manufacturer olivetti based in ivrea piedmont and invented by the italian engineer pier giorgio perotto the p101 has the main features of large computers of that period. In 1960 digital equipment corporation released its first of many pdp computers the pdp 1. Lisa is the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface gui.

It was thus an important milestone in computing as soon microsoft windows and the apple macintosh would soon adopt the gui as their user interface making it the new paradigm for personal computing. A personal computer pc is a multi purpose computer whose size capabilities and price make it feasible for individual use. In 1973 xerox parc developed the alto personal computer. It had a bitmapped screen and was the first computer to demonstrate the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface gui.

It was the first example of what would today be recognized as a complete personal computer. It was not a commercial product but several thousand units were built and were heavily used at parc as well as other xerox offices and at several universities. A desktop computer is a personal computer designed for regular use at a single location on or near a desk or table due to its size and power requirements the most common configuration has a case that houses the power supply motherboard a printed circuit board with a microprocessor as the central processing unit cpu memory bus and other electronic components disk storage usually one or. It was invented by pier giorgio perotto and manufactured by olivetti.

Ibm s brand recognition along with a massive marketing campaign ignites the fast growth of the personal computer market with the announcement of its own personal computer pc. The olivetti programma 101 also known as perottina or p101 is one of the first all in one commercial desktop programmable calculators although not the first. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user rather than by a computer expert or technician unlike large costly minicomputers and mainframes time sharing by many people at the same time is not used with personal computers. The first ibm pc formally known as the ibm model 5150 was based on a 4 77 mhz intel 8088 microprocessor and used microsoft s ms dos operating system.

The first desktop and mass market computer.