An IBM chief technical engineer has sparked controversy after claiming that the personal computer - which he helped design - is dead. Dr Mark Dean, who was one of a dozen men to pioneer the first IBM ...

During a time when Apple actively taunted and brashed its way to the top of the personal computer marketplace, dominant mainframe computer manufacturer IBM decided to dip its big blue toes into the ...

William C Lowe, who supervised the birth of IBM's first personal computer, has died aged 72 in Lake Forest, Illinois. The IBM Personal Computer, known as the 5150, was launched in August 1981, several ...

With the hardware sorted, the burden of developing the operating system was largely outsourced to Microsoft, with IBM offering consumers the joint-venture PC DOS. The final machine was dubbed the IBM ...

The IBM PC-AT was introduced in 1984. The "AT" stood for "advanced technology." The machine was the first upgrade from IBMs original PC architecture introduced in 1981 (the XT expanded storage options ...

Bill Lowe joined IBM in 1962 and spent 26 years with the company William C Lowe, who supervised the birth of IBM's first personal computer, has died aged 72 in Lake Forest, Illinois. The IBM Personal ...