While designs were beginning to be realized at the beginning of the second half of the 1900s, personal computers came into fruition in the 1970s. Home computers, in the form that we see them today, were manufactured by companies like IBM, MITS, and Apple.
Over the decades, processing and graphical power, as well as storage capacities, increased by leaps and bounds.
GUIs (graphical user interfaces) began making an appearance in the 1980s. Present day GUIs include operating systems like Windows and Apple OS X. With non-GUI systems, such as DOS (disc operating system), navigation is performed by inputting specific commands used to route the path of the computer.
Originally reserved for stationary usage, personal computers now take a variety of forms, including portable laptops.
