With computers being readapted all the time, and made smaller and smaller and smaller every day, it is incredible to look back on how the computer was invented, what steps were taken, and how long it took to get to the Mac Book Air. Learning about what Babbage did in class, was truly jaw dropping, How could someone come up with the concept of the computer in the 1800’s? It’s weird to think that the very first computer was more like a machine, than what we know today with technology.
The massive bodies these early counting machines used made it impossible for the first computers to be used in the everyday household. Not only this, but there hadn’t been a technique developed yet to make the computer easy to use. After the IBM system, more compact devices were developed, and took the shape of more of a typewriter then machine. If it’s funny for us to look back on the earliest computers, with large screens, bulky monitors and storage units, and think about the tiny computers we use today, even incorporated into our mobile devices. What will our kids think about the computers we still use today? How far will technology bring us during our lifetime? It is impossible to predict what is to come.
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