Spec Showdown: The Original IBM 5150 vs. Today's PCs. Just for kicks, let's compare the specs of the 1981-vintage computer that inspired the birth of PC Magazine to some modern-day desktops.

The IBM PC was introduced on August 12, 1981. I’ve written about the team who created the PC and why they chose an open architecture, how they ended up with Microsoft’s DOS as the standard OS ...

Like the original IBM PC, it has hit a sweet spot, a Goldilocks balance between pricing and features that finally brings to Apple the final feather to crown the Mac Mini as the perfect PC; ...

The IBM x86 PC wasn't the standard computer paradigm yet; therefore, 86-DOS had to provide essential development tools designed to compile programs created in Z80 Assembly language on the Intel ...

The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do.Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ...

In 1969, the IBM Schools Computer System Unit was developed. Though it never reached commercial release, ... It’s a half-scale model, but it does use a touch keyboard like the original.