What was the most powerful or advanced computer in it's time?

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For example:

Xerox alto 1973, preceded the Macintosh technologically by a decade in terms of the mouse and GUI

SGI Onyx systems, preceded mainstream desktop 3d graphics by a decade

At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, most of the exhibits are the "most powerful or advanced computer in its time". There are parts of ENIAC, SAGE, Whirlwind. There is a CDC 6600, Cray 1, Cray 2, Cray XMP, various IBM 360s. There is a PDP-1, PDP-8, PDP-10, VAX 780. There is an Apple 1, Apple 2, Apple 3, and various Macintosh. There is an HP-35, and HP-65. There is a Symbolic Lisp Machine, an Apollo, various SGI workstations, and an Alto. One of the first APARNET Imps. A NASA Apollo guidance computer prototype.

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