Impact was guaranteed when the decision to enter the market of #microcomputers was made by #IBM. In retrospect it wasn't their capacity of unique hardware design and outstanding software development skills that made their #PC so successful.
Of course the #BigBlue #corporation with #Sstem360 #mainframe #computers ignored niche markets like #homecomputers for most of the 1970s. As #marketleaders they did #LOL hard about #hobbyists, especially since #DEC challenged them hard with better #minicomputers.
Simultaneously, IBM built a team of young talented engineers in Boca Raton, Florida, to develop a #microcomputer in secrecy, and fast! Somehow, directors #WilliamLowe & #PhilipDonEstridge made a decision under pressure that turned out to be great for the entire market, not their employer exclusively.
Considering the time (and #$hits) given, it's only logical that they relied heavily on free available components instead of own #chipdesigns. But somehow, the lack of #IP passed their lawyers and IP team before #InternationalBusinessMachines went public.
1981, August 12th, the IBM #PC5150 changed the world of #PersonalComputers, by accident (for the better of humanity).
#PersonalComputers
Which one of these is NOT a European personal computer brand? #personalcomputers #pc
Which one of these is a European personal computer brand? #personalcomputers #pc
Which one of these is NOT an American Personal Computer Brand? #personalcomputers #pc
POLL: 👋 Hey—Just curious… For *your* personal computer at home, do you have and *routinely* update a complete backup copy of everything on it that you then store somewhere else offsite that is safe and secure?
(Please boost for reach. Thanks!)
Tips and suggestions welcome.
#Poll #Polls #Computers #PersonalComputers #HomeComputers #Backup #OffsiteBackup #BestPractices #Security #DataSecurity
»#India is expected to #limitimports of #laptops, #tablets and #personalcomputers to push companies such as Apple to increase #domesticmanufacturing.« https://www.reuters.com/technology/india-plans-laptop-import-curbs-boost-local-manufacturing-sources-say-2024-10-18/?eicker.news #tech #media
#Intel was once the world's leading #chipmaker, with the "Intel Inside" logo a valuable marketing feature on #PersonalComputers in the 1980s and 1990s.
Now valued at about $91 billion, Intel is worth less than 5% of #Nvidia and about 40% of #AdvancedMicroDevices, two #PC chipmakers it loomed over for decades until recently.
Intel shares slump 26% as turnaround struggle deepens
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-shares-set-fall-most-24-years-it-struggles-with-turnaround-2024-08-02/
Check out how Steve Jobs’ vision for personal computers is influencing AI today. 🖥️🤖 Discover the connections in this intriguing read: https://buff.ly/3Yib5RO #SteveJobs #AI #PersonalComputers #TechHistory
1978 Apple Computer Advertisement
The image is an advertisement for the Apple computer, prominently featuring an apple with the brand name written on it.
The ad encourages users to change their personal computers to Apple, stating that Apple has changed over 1000 users from finance and games into one sink smile.
It also mentions a local store location.
https://nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/07-July1978-Page-051.png
#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #AppleComputerAdvertisement #PersonalComputers #Change #AppleStoreLocation #Advertising
The fact that it took #Nadella & co so long to #backtrack on #Recall shows tt #Microsoft is now a #bigtech that's become prone to getting high on its own supply or, worse still, just strutting like a headless chicken. #Harmful #technology needs to be #regulated & relegated, not celebrated unquestioned.
"Microsoft, facing scrutiny over the security of its products, is withdrawing a new #AI feature of its #Windows #software for new #personalcomputers from broad release."
https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/112612666311166462
Demand for use of #Arm's technology in #PersonalComputers got a boost after #Microsoft unveiled ambitious plans last month to launch a new breed of #PCs with #ArtificialItelligence features to compete with #Alphabet and #apple
Exclusive-Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/exclusive-arm-aims-to-capture-50-of-pc-market-in-five-years-ceo-says/ar-BB1nxaWh?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
@MaJ1 @weirdfolks
🥥 Microsoft's Recall has security holes so big you could pilot an aircraft carrier through them. 🥥
#Microsoft, #Recall, #Computing, #PersonalComputers, #AircraftCarriers, #CyberSecurity, #Security, #TuckersBalls
1978 Apple Computer Advertisement from 1978
The image features a vintage advertisement for Apple Computers.
At the center of the ad is an Apple computer, accompanied by text that reads: "The era of the personal computer".
Below this, there's an intriguing statement, "Now there's your challenge!", followed by, "Apple will change your life in just 3 years!" The ad also mentions a fun, games, and graphics show and offers a free demonstration for those interested.
https://nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/05-May1978-Page-007.png
#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #AppleComputers #VintageAdvertisement #ComputingHistory #PersonalComputers #Challenges #Life-ChangingTechnology #ComputingShow #Demonstrations
I vividly remember the Osborne computer — and how very much I wanted one. Gareth Edwards's recounting of the Osborne saga is fascinating.
#personalComputers #history #business #techHistory #SiliconValley #Osborne
Upgraded my system tonight.
Popped out and got a nice new 512Gb SATA SSD earlier, and upgraded to MXlinux 23.2 Libretto
- the HDD that is still on the other SATA channel, will stay in my PC to be reformatted and used as an archive, instead of going back in my netbook, which is where it came from, after I used it to rescue my PC after last months Hard disk failure, data loss and retrieval upheaval.
- and my netbook will get an SSD instead.
My guess is that China will be shifting to a homegrown #Linux distro and Risc-V hardware architecture.
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#China has introduced guidelines to phase out #US #microprocessors from #Intel and #AMD from government #PersonalComputers and #Servers.
The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline #Microsoft's #Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options
China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/china-blocks-use-of-intel-and-amd-chips-in-government-computers-ft-reports/ar-BB1kqy6W?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
https://youtube.com/shorts/5t_yENzOcXU?si=iXoCG3kDIMc78-zl lonely times of #personalcomputers that was #offlinefirst open era of creativity and personal freedom . File based , offline data exchange
Road to #localfirst and #postcloud
Here you get the book as pdf: http://worrydream.com/refs/Papert%20-%20Mindstorms%201st%20ed.pdf
#ComputersForChildren #PersonalComputers #ComputerRevolution #Innovation #DigitalLearning #AccessToKnowledge
Windows PCs will follow Mac example with ‘Neural Engines’ this year https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/11/windows-pcs-neural-engines/ #AI #chips #personalComputers
"#human nature starts, and ends, within our own #consciousness.
#PersonalComputers expand that; but that means we need to expand the perimeter of our basic freedom to think.
The pyramid of digital rights for me: a firm foundation of decentralized, user-controlled technology, giving us broader cognitive liberty, internal privacy, freedom of self-expression, and freedom of self-determination.
On top of that solid ground, we can build a society that's free and fair."
https://ffdweb.org/digest/terminal-values-cognitive-liberty/
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