One of them was released around the same time as the IBM PC-XT, the Compaq Portable. It was the first PC in what turned out to be a long line of Compaq personal computers. It had a built-in 9-inch ...

Prior to the Personal Computer, every IBM product (computer ... and Compaq (pictured above is the Compaq Portable(Opens in a new window), the first PC-compatible computer). By the end of the ...

The debut Compaq machine made waves as a capable and relatively inexpensive alternative to IBM's official Personal Computer—and it did it all in a portable package the size of a large suitcase.

IBM sparked a revolution in personal computing when it unveiled the IBM PC in 1981. But the IBM PC wasn’t IBM’s first personal computer. Six years earlier, Big Blue unleashed a machine called ...

Most inside IBM felt the Apple II and other early personal computers were toys or hobbyist ... It became their first product called the Compaq Portable, which shipped in March of 1983.

1981: IBM launches its IBM Personal Computer, running on Microsoft's DOS operating system. * 1981: The Osborne 1, the first commercially available portable personal computer, is launched with a 5 ...

And to do so, the company has released a video lecture of its history that contains at least one very contestable assertion—that IBM gets credit for the personal computer. "There was a ...

A new era of computing begins, and IBM’s entry into the personal computer market in 1981 is an endorsement of the new technology. IBM makes the PC a mainstream product, used in businesses ...

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150 PC, the company's first personal computer. Until 1981, IBM had mostly been focused on large-scale mainframe computing for businesses ...