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Microsoft, by successfully negotiating with IBM to develop the first operating system for the PC , profited enormously from the PC's success over the following decades, via the success of MS-DOS and its add-on-cum-successor, Microsoft Windows. Winning the negotiation was a pivotal moment in Microsoft's history.
IBM released the 5531 Industrial Computer in 1984, [1] arguably the first "industrial PC". The IBM 7531, an industrial version of the IBM AT PC was released May 21, 1985. [2] Industrial Computer Source first offered the 6531 Industrial Computer [3] in 1985. This was a proprietary 4U rackmount industrial computer based on a clone IBM PC motherboard.
IBM PC compatible "clones" became commonplace, and the terms "personal computer", and especially "PC", stuck with the general public, often specifically for a computer compatible with DOS (or nowadays Windows).
Laptop computers, conversely, offer portability that desktop systems (including small form factor and all-in-one desktops) cannot due to their compact size and clamshell design. The laptop's all-in-one design provides a built-in keyboard and a pointing device (such as a touchpad) for its user and can draw on power supplied by a rechargeable ...
Robot locomotion is the collective name for the various methods that robots use to transport themselves from place to place.. Wheeled robots are typically quite energy efficient and simple to control.