The introduction of the landmark IBM-PC in 1981 was one of the main catalysts of the persona;-computer revolution. Early analysts underestimated the PC’s draw--predicting that no more than 80 ...

IBM PC: In 1981, IBM had the dominant market share of the mainframe computer market, but it was losing business to Apple Inc. AAPL and other competitors producing microcomputers.

Obviously, the IBM PC came from IBM, but that simplistic statement hardly tells the story of how IBM’s PC—introduced in 1981—changed the way people use computers. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ...

On 12 August 1981, IBM, at that time the largest computer company in the world, launched the IBM PC. I would like to say that I was there to witness it, but I wasn't.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150 PC, the company's first personal computer. Until 1981, IBM had mostly been focused on large-scale mainframe computing for businesses, but with ...

Go to updated and illustrated post. 1981: IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while. Before 1980, IBM made ...

On August 12th, 1981, IBM announced its first PC. That makes today the thirtieth anniversary of the platform that’s sometimes been called the PC clone, IBM PC compatible, or Wintel…but is most often ...

All modern Intel and AMD PCs can trace their roots to a single system: the IBM Personal Computer. Originally released in August 1981, this computer became so popular and long-lived that ...

Photo: IBM 5150 PC. This article first appeared on Wired.com Aug. 12, 2008. See Also:- April 7, 1964: IBM Bets Big on System/360. Happy 30th Birthday to the Portable PC; How Apple Is Winning the ...