13. • Second Generation (Early to Mid-1960’s)
Transitors
• Third Generation (Mid to Late-1960’s)
Integrated solid-state circuitry
• Fourth Generation (1970’s onwards)
The development of the microprocessor
14. “GENERATIONS” OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS
• Early Microcomputers (Mid- to late-
1970’s)
• The PC Generation (Early- to late-1980’s)
15. • The Windows Generation (Early- to Mid-
1990’s)
• The Internet Generation (Late-1990’s to
present)