Mixed record as PC turns 20
IBM's entry into the PC market has been viewed alternately as a stroke of brilliant technological foresight and the biggest business blunder of the 20th century.
August 10, 2001
The "Dirty Dozen" remembers
Twenty years after helping change the direction of computing, participants in the project to develop the first IBM PC say they were concerned less about making history than about making deadline.
Apple's lead evaporates
Apple Computer welcomed IBM to the fledgling industry in 1981, but it turned out to be an invitation for IBM to become synonymous with the PC and relegate Apple to a niche player.
PC future: Evolution, not revolution
Five to 10 years from now, your PC's processor likely will run at 20GHz and its hard disk will hold 20 terabytes of data. But beyond that, the PC probably won't be profoundly different.
Pioneers reminisce on 20 years of the PC
What made the IBM PC a truly revolutionary device when it debuted in 1981? The technical reference manual that came with it, for one thing.
