It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy. Pictured below: The Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates develop ...

The inception of microprocessors in computers accelerated the growth of the personal computer market. While IBM and Altair introduced their versions of personal computers, none of them were ...

Throughout the history of personal computers, there are some unique form factors. The 3com Audrey was sold as a computing appliance, meant to sit on a kitchen counter, to display recipes or something.

The history of personal computers, like most of human history, is a chronicle of our reach exceeding our grasp. Nowhere is this truer than with laptops and tablet PCs. The supposedly portable ...

Hewlett-Packard's 9100A, the world's first personal computer, was based on a prototype built by Tom Osborne of Cody. Called “The Green Machine,” it ...

It was the very first personal computer to be produced in fairly high ... Computer Company the fastest growing business in American history. In 1977 Ed Roberts sold his company.

This early advantage has allowed me a front-row view of the history of personal computing. When I joined my company, the computing industry had been in play since mainframe computers became ...

From those humble roots more than eight decades ago came the technologies that enabled me to write this story in a fraction of the time it would have taken in Carlson’s day—using a word processor, on ...

Although the graphical user interface (GUI) owes its existence to the contribution of many great minds in the history of technology, Apple was first to market with a personal computer that ...

To truly understand where your trusty HP laptop came from, you'll have to first understand HP's history ... The first HP ...