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The Computer Era The Computer Era originally spanned from May 14, 1974 to December 31, 1979. It was interrupted by the the Metallica Era, which spanned from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1989. The Computer Era was resumed on January 1, 1990. The era ceased on December 31, 2003.

The Computer Era was the first step towards the technology we have today. Semi modern desktop computers were released to the public in the middle of the 1970’s. Microsoft is widely known as being responsible for the beginning of technological advancement, with their first computer, the ALTAIR 8800 releasing in 1974. In 1975, the revenues of founders Bill Gates, and Paul Allen totaled to just $16,000. The newly formed company began to find more success as they partnered with IBM. Microsoft today is valued at over $2,000,000,000,000.

The computers of the time were neutral colors, such as beige or cream colored, as they are not intimidating colors for people who are not as tech savvy. Computers from the Computer Era served many purposes. You could play simple games on the computer such as Pac-Man, Chess, Connect Four, Minesweeper, and Baseball 9. You could also use the computer for office work on occasion. Grandma Rita taught Kendall how to use the computer. Everyone thought the world was going to explode because computers from the 1900’s were not programmed with dates in the 2000’s. The latest dates on computers of back then only went up to December 31, 1999 until somebody with an IQ above 80 realized that the computer wouldn’t work if they didn’t have dates for the 2000’s.

Computers would sometimes malfunction which unfortunately caused the user to smash their computer and slam the keyboard on the desk, leaving their cubical an utter mess as seen here. It is estimated that $3,700,000,000% worth of office space damages are caused by angry employees raging at their computer each year. 97% of these incidents occurred in employees making less than a base salary of $43,000 annually. 0.7% of incidents occurred in employees making more than a base salary of $450,000 annually. The remaining incidents occurred in employees making anywhere between $43,000 and $450,000 annually.

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