the Apple II, Commodore PET and Tandy TRS-80, which were offered pre-assembled with a monitor and keyboard. The IBM PC, however, wasn't released for another four years in 1981. The "1977 Trinity ...

In the same year, OS/2, jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft, was introduced, and more powerful Macs, such as the Mac SE and Mac II, opened new doors for Apple. In 1989, the PC makers introduced ...

IBM operates one of the world’s largest fleet of quantum computing systems, which promise to offer performance thousands of ...

1977: Apple is selling its Apple II for $1,195, including 16K of ... by IBM to develop BASIC for its personal computer project. The IBM PC is released in August, 1981. The Apple Macintosh debuts ...

the VisiCalc spreadsheet was the killer app for the Apple II, providing reason enough to purchase the hardware. VisiCalc was followed by Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel for the IBM PC. In the early 1990s ...