__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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the abacus to the IBM personal computer, calculating devices have come a long way. Let’s take a look through the history of these machines and the remarkable progress that came with the ...

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 ...

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 ...