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The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard.
In the next decade, IBM introduced personal computers that increased processing speed tenfold over its original PC, increased the instruction execution rate by 100, grew system memory from 16 kilobytes to 16 megabytes, and boosted system storage by a factor of 10,000.
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the AT, the Convertible, and the /370 systems, among others), from 1981 to 1987.
IBM’s Personal System/2, released in 1987, aspired to reverse the slide. The basic model retailed for around USD 2,000 to put it within reach of home users, schools and small businesses. It garnered modest success in the first few years after launch, but its lasting legacy wasn’t really about sales.
Dec 3, 2021 · One popular story goes that the IBM Personal Computer was kicked into action in mid-1980 when Atari sent a letter to IBM’s then chairman, Frank Cary, suggesting that it could make IBM’s PCs. Rather than fling the invitation into the bin, so the stories go, Cary passed it on to Bill Lowe.
Jun 30, 2017 · The original IBM PC 5150, with a printer, introduced in August 1981. This wasn't really the first IBM personal computer, however... (read part one of the story to find out more).
Jul 21, 2021 · IBM was still the third-largest producer of personal computers, including laptops, but PCs had become a commodity business, and the company struggled to turn a profit from those products.
