How Did Technology Change The 80's

The 80’s was known for its fashion and music, but the inventions were pretty radical (Jaime Purvis).” In the 1980’s the field of technology changed for later years to come. The 1980’s jump started the era of CD’s, Pac-man, and the personal computers. “The first CD title was 52nd Street by Billy Joel”( Sony,2). Americans enjoyed many of the innovations of this time period. Technology of the 80’s had an impact in the 80’s, the world, and has still impacted the people of today.
The impact of technology at this time was used to store data and provide entertainment to everyone. For a compact disc to store data it needs to be stored on the disc from the center and spirals outward to the edge(History of the Compact Disc). CD’s can be able to hold someone's favorite music. Pac-man, that has changed
Advanced technology of today has been changed tremendously from the 80’s.CD’s allowed people to tremendously increase the amount of storage space they have for data. The United States have gone from needing a large room or warehouse to store information to being able to carry the same amount of material around in the hands of people (Amazing Facts and Figures). Change of the PC’s have transformed from a personal household computer to a wristwatch that is 42 millimeters long. The price and the new capabilities that is offered by the Commodore 64 took the nation by storm in 1982. $400 price tag, which was inexpensive for a personal computer at the time, it also had 64 Kb of RAM. 22 million units of the Commodore 64 were sold and has been unmatched by any other single computer model ( The People History). The change of technology to today has changed into having the Apple Watch incorporating a version of Apple’s IOS operating system and sensors for environmental and health monitoring. The Apple Watch is compatible with all Apple devices. Lots of people were very ecstatic when receiving the watch (Computer