Forty years ago IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150,. IBM was a latecomer to the home computer market. Apple II, the Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80, and the Commodore PET (short fo… ...

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 ...

__1981: __IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while. For an operating system, IBM first went to Digital ...

On this day in 1981, thousands of people put on their velour tracksuits and went to pick up their new IBM personal computers. Though the machine’s hardware was ancient by modern standards, ...

Aug. 12 marked the 30th anniversary of the introduction of IBM's 5150 personal computer. Recently, IBM executive Mark Dean, one of the engineers of the original IBM PC, said the post-PC era is ...

On this day in 1981, IBM IBM launched its IBM Personal Computer. Where The Market Was : The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 945.21 and the S&P 500 traded at 133.40. What Else Was Going On ...

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 ...

It's difficult to imagine life today without computers, but the personal computer was barely a reality just 33 years ago. On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as ...

In 1981, the company began selling its IBM 5150 personal computer at a retail price of $1,565, not including a monitor. Other companies were making PCs as early as the 1970s, leaving IBM behind ...

Most early adopters of IBM's 5150 PC ran a Microsoft operating system known at the time as PC-DOS, which cost users $40. 1981: IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the ...