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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (446253)	1/9/2009 10:03:36 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

"nobody who was part of the computer industry at the time could believe this to be correct" I was there Dave. Small computers were the province of hobbyists (like me) and some adventurous small businessmen who were early adopters, often hobbyists themselves or they employed hobbyists. Almost all of them used Apples, the "big", reliable brand of the day. IBM legitimized PC's for business use. When IBM introduced the PC, businesses everywhere, up and down the spectrum from the smallest sole proprietor to the largest corporation, checked them out. And then bought them, by the millions, from IBM and then from Compaq, and then from dozens of other makers. All you have to do is look at the sales figures pre and post IBM PC. That said, anyone in the know knew the PC was pretty sad, compared to most Apples of the day. It had no graphic capability at all. So, you're completely wrong AGAIN, but what else is new?