Posted August 12, 201113 yr By Thurrott, Paul 30 years ago today, IBM launched its IBM Personal Computer, or PC, the result of a year-long skunk works project to get the slow-moving behemoth into the then-nascent personal computing market. On that note, the IBM PC was more successful than its designers could have reasonably dreamed of: It pushed personal computers into the lucrative business market and by using off-the-shelf parts, inadvertently created a market for PC-compatible clones that endures to this day. Source: Win Super Site
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