This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
February 4

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What happened in history on this day: February 4?

On February 4 in ...

Personal Computer history:

  • 1997 - Apple Computer's acquisition of NeXT Software is complete. Total cost is $427 million.
  • 1997 - Apple Computer CEO Gilbert Amelio announces restructuring of the company to focus on the Mac OS and Macintosh hardware. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will join the executive committee as advisors to Amelio.
  • 1999 - Hitachi announces it will shut down its personal computer company in the United States, merging operations into Hitachi Data Systems.
  • 2000 - Electronic Arts releases The Sims game for the PC.
  • 2004 - Sun Microsystems introduces StarOffice 7 for Solaris x86. Price is US$80 per license.
Video Game history:

  • 2001 - Nintendo releases the Paper Mario video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
  • 2002 - Sega releases the Sonic Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.

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