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.

IBM PC-XT. In 1981, the first personal computer desktop was launched by IBM. However, the IBM PC had some limitations, such as the lack of a hard drive and too few expansion ports. 40 years ago ...

This was something also grasped by its biggest competitor: IBM, the first giant in the American computer industry. IBM didn’t officially enter the “personal” market until 1981, when it jump ...