A PC that is compatible with the IBM PC and PS/2 standards; essentially, every Windows PC on the market. This term is rarely heard anymore, but it was widely used in the early days when PC vendors ...

It’s not that IBM invented the personal computer — far from it. But the birth of the PC brought personal computers to the mainstream, especially in offices, and — much to IBM’s chagrin ...

People were very surprised walking by store windows with computers being featured for the home. In 1981 ... compatible products and add-ons. The IBM PC was successfully cloned by Compaq and ...

The IBM PC XT was an important piece of hardware as it continued the path towards giving users at home a PC of their ... shift towards the prolific role of computers in both professional and ...

Fubini, David G., and Christine Snively. "Lenovo to Buy IBM PC: Integration Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 417-042, November 2016. (Revised July 2019.) ...

[Yeo Kheng Meng] didn’t cheat by simply running MS-DOS on a modern PC, either: he tested the client on a real 1984 vintage IBM 5155 Portable PC. This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz ...

IBM has reached a definitive agreement to sell its PC division to China-based computer vendor Lenovo Group ... "The PC business is taking on characteristics of home and consumer markets, which ...