As ubiquitous as they might be now, in the 1970s, few things were more mysterious and unknown than the “personal computer.” For years, these shadowy, ever-shrinking machines had been touted as ...

24/7 Wall Street identified the price of a specific computer representative of each year between 2016 and 1971 -- the year the first personal computer was released.

For this or any other desktop publishing package that can handle graphics to be used effectively with an IBM PC, the computer must have a graphics board added, an operation that costs around $2,000.

This is the 25th anniversary of the IBM 5150. It was hardly the first personal computer -- insolent little startups such as Apple and Commodore had come first -- but IBM's entry into the P.C ...

The IBM-XT (see picture at bottom) IBM introduced the PC, or Personal Computer, on August 12, 1981. At the time of its introduction, most computers were still processing 8 bits of information per ...

Released on August 12, 1981, the IBM 5150 consisted of a system unit, keyboard, color/graphics capability, and options for display, printer, & two diskette drives.

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1981, IBM (NYSE: IBM) launched its IBM Personal Computer.

Those firms now dominate the personal computer market, which has grown to $1.5 billion in revenues since the mid-1970s. -- Chicago Tribune, "Personal computers to join IBM lineup." Aug. 13, 1981.

IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while.

Vector Graphic became one of the best-known computer manufacturers of its era. It went public. Then the IBM PC changed everything.

How Apple and IBM Marketed the First Personal Computers In 1977, companies building PCs had to try to convince the American public that this confusing new technology was missing from their lives.