This Thesis project was designed to grant me a thorough understanding of graphics in the micro-computer market. It is composed of four parts. In the first part, I researched and wrote a short paper on the topic. In order to understand more of what I was just reading about, I developed an evaluation form and anaylzed ten graphics packages owned by Ball State University. These evaluations appear in the Appendix. Visits to three outside businesses plus Ball State's Finance Department, completed my view of today's graphics applications. A short summary wraps up my findings and sample outputs also appear in the Appendix.