As ubiquitous as they might be now, in the 1970s, few things were more mysterious and unknown than the “personal computer.” For years, these shadowy, ever-shrinking machines had been touted as ...

"IBM didn't invent the personal computer but they don't know that," Cringley titles his blog post. "This sin shall not go unpunished. Among his milestones IBM's VP of Innovation completely forgets ...

IBM's first computer, the IBM 701, bowed in 1952. It was not a consumer-facing machine, or even enterprise focused, but was used by defense and aerospace contractors like Boeing, Lockheed, and the ...

IBM Personal Computer (PC), 1981. Compaq Portable (first true "IBM-compatible" computer), 1983. 32-bit computers & Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) Apple Lisa (Lisa Office System), 1983.

Just over 43 years ago, the dawn of a new era started when IBM launched the first true personal computer, the 5150 which I fondly remember by its moniker, IBM PC.