In April 1977, that changed with the launch of the Apple II, one of the first affordable, ... when it jump-started sales with the introduction of its much-copied IBM PC.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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. Story by Desire Athow • 1w.

Forty years ago IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150,. IBM was a latecomer to the home computer market. Apple II, the Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80, and the Commodore PET (short fo… ...

The IBM PC's genesis, according to folklore, came about when a company executive was visiting one of the engineering labs and saw everyone using Apple II PCs because they were cheap enough to get ...

Forty years ago this week, the iconic IBM PC made its debut. In honor of this game-changing tech anniversary, we ranked the most important PCs of all time. ... #4. Apple II Rama/Creative ...

IBM Model M. It was Mac versus PC even in 1984. ... There is a modern version of the Apple Extended II, which uses the same switch design, but users report that it falls short of the original.

Apple claims IBM is saving $270 for every Mac it uses instead of a traditional Windows PC because of lower IT support cost and higher residual value.

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 ...