The Start of the PC Industry

Module 1 Section 3 3.2<Tab/>Microsoft Sets the Trend 1.<Tab/>Gates and Allen took an existing product and adapted it to make it a Microsoft product. The same happened with DOS, and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one. 2.<Tab/>BASIC was originally run on mainframes and through Gates's and Allen's efforts it could now be run on a microcomputer. 3.&…

…amp;lt;Tab/>Apple I machines 2.<Tab/>Apple II machines: a computer which would feature color graphics, come pre-assembled and have more power than most existing microcomputers. Some of the defining characteristics of the new PC companies: *<Tab/>Very informal culture *<Tab/>Young, talented employees *<Tab/>Intellectual creativity *<Tab/>Incredible success, incredibly quickly