The Limey Report » ipad http://www.harlequinade.org Life's essentials - Politics and Shopping! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 From ENIAC to iPad in just 50 years http://www.harlequinade.org/2010/02/05/from-eniac-to-ipad-in-just-50-years/ http://www.harlequinade.org/2010/02/05/from-eniac-to-ipad-in-just-50-years/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:14:36 +0000 thelimey http://www.harlequinade.org/?p=1521 tandy-trs80-computerIn 1948, two bright sparks named J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly built what is widely regarded as the world’s first real computer – ENIAC. It weighed 50 tons, took up 1800 square feet – and had about half the computing power of your watch.

Today, we can do a bit better.

And of all the modern computing devices, few have changed people’s lives and options more than laptops. They’re quite a lot smaller, few just a few pounds and give you a level of computing ability the ENIAC could not even process.

If you need one for work – or just as a trinket – be warned, they’re addictive. That link is one source, but do a search and have fun.

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