Shares of Dell and HP slid in morning trading after both personal-computer makers issued downbeat outlooks. Executives said consumers were proving slow to upgrade PCs, but cited artificial-inte ...
Italian business equipment manufacturer Olivetti produced a bona fide desktop personalcomputer. When Olivetti debuted this typewriter-sized marvel in 1965 at a business convention in New York ...
Another important exception is IBM, which has just burst onto the home market with its PersonalComputer. For those who are deep into the world of gigantic mainframe computers—engineers ...
A personalcomputer (PC) is a general-purpose computer, whose size, capabilities, and original sale price makes it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end ...
The Altair didn't actually do much as a computer. It didn't have a screen or a keyboard or any software. But it filled a hole. It was the very first personalcomputer to be produced in fairly ...
The personalcomputer industry began in 1977, when Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. People were very surprised walking by store windows ...