Philippe Kahn

Philippe Kahn

The Apple Macintosh

The Apple Macintosh
  • 1983 - IBM announces the PCjr
  • Compaq begins shipping its Portable PC
  • Tandy/Radio Shack announces its notebook TRS-80 Model 100
  • John Sculley is Apple CEO
  • Osborne Computer Corporation files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • Philippe Kahn founds Borland International

 

  • 1984 - Apple announces the Macintosh and runs its "1984" TV commercial during the Super Bowl
  • Michael Dell starts Dell Computer
  • Borland ships Turbo Pascal

 

  • 1985 - Apple grants Microsoft a license to some of its graphical user interface (windowing) features
  • Steve Jobs leaves Apple and founds NeXT Inc.
  • Microsoft ships Windows 2.0

 

  • 1987 - National Semiconductor buys Fairchild Seniconductor

 

  • 1988 - Apple sues Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for copy-right infringement
  • NeXT unveils its first computer
  • Pixar's Tin Toy is the first computer-animated film to receive an Acadamy Award for best animated short film