The combination of the Apple II and VisiCalc became a hit with CPAs and accountants at first. As Dan Bricklin pointed out in an article on the Inventors of Modern Computer, "VisiCalc took 20 hours ...

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 ...

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150 PC, ... but with the rise in the late 1970s of "microcomputers" such as the Apple II and Tandy TRS-80, IBM set out to make a desktop computer ...

Kunkel wrote that with the Apple II, Jobs wanted a look somewhere between homemade wood cases and the “cold and impersonal” black metal of IBM and DEC “big iron”—the computer version of ...

In 1977 I decided to buy a computer. Microsoft and Apple were newly founded, the IBM PC was years away and there were no killer apps. It took over a year, but I had to have one and it changed my life.

These computers, which include 1977’s Apple II, 1980’s Commodore VIC-20, 1981’s IBM PC, were extremely popular at the time of their release. ... Notable computer: Apple II; ...

It's the Apple II that made the company, kept it afloat, and even made it a cult success — but it was also the Apple II that Steve Jobs tried so hard to kill off with the Mac. It's the little ...

The new 2024 Mac Mini is Apple’s IBM PC moment and this tiny computer is the final nail in the desktop PC’s coffin: here’s why. Features. By Desire Athow last updated 12 November 2024 ...

In April 1977, that changed with the launch of the Apple II, ... IBM, the first giant in the American computer industry. IBM didn’t officially enter the “personal” market until 1981, ...