The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based machine. A year later, IBM introduced the PS/2 with improved graphics, a new 3.5" floppy ...

By the late seventies, even IBM had begun to notice the explosive growth of personal computer companies like Apple. Commercial The Apple 2 - small inexpensive and simple to use the first ...

Apple announced the Macintosh 41 years ago today, introducing the first widely successful personal computer with a graphical ...

The future had arrived. On that date – 43 years ago this week – IBM introduced its personal computer: the 5150. It wasn’t the first – Tandy, Commodore, and Apple were already at the ...

Software Arts develops the first spreadsheet program ... is approached by IBM to develop BASIC for its personal computer project. The IBM PC is released in August, 1981. The Apple Macintosh ...

We consider todays Macs and Dells to be the ultimate in sleek, tech-centric product design, but from the industry's earliest days, the power of the microchip was conveyed first and foremost through ...