Crash Course Computer Science #25: The Personal Computer Revolution

This video focuses on the personal computer revolution, the birth of personal computing. Until the early 1970s components were just too expensive, or underpowered, for making computers for individuals, but this began to change with the Altair 8800 in 1975. Followed by the founding of Microsoft and Apple and the creation of the 1977 Trinity: The Apple II, Tandy TRS-80, and Commodore PET 2001. These new home computers would become a huge hit, but the biggest success of the era came with the release of the IBM PC in 1981. IBM completely changed the industry as its "IBM compatible" open architecture consolidated most of the industry except for, notably, Apple. Apple chose a closed architecture forming the basis of the Mac vs PC debate that rages today. [10:15]