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IBM's Deep Blue became the first computer to beat a reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, in a full chess match. The computer had played him before, losing 5/6 games in February 1996. June 2 Intel released Pentium MMX, 233 MHz version. August 6 After 18 months of losses Apple Computer was in serious financial trouble. Microsoft ...
The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
The $1,495 list price was the lowest of seven compatibles with comparable configurations in a September 1985 InfoWorld chart, and under half the price of the $2,820 IBM PC. [10] Along with the Tandy 1000 and Epson Equity series, the Model D was one of the first IBM PC compatible computers to become popular for home use, due to its low price and ...
Awarded the title of "the first personal computer using a microprocessor" by a panel at the Computer History Museum in 1986. [18] Sord Computer Corporation SMP80/08: Intel 8008: 1974: Was announced in early 1973, but never commercially released. It was followed by the SMP80/x, which debuted in May 1974 and used the Intel 8080. [19] MCM/70 ...
CPU clock rate. Celeron is a discontinued series of low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers, manufactured by Intel. The first Celeron-branded CPU was introduced on April 15, 1998, and was based on the Pentium II . Celeron-branded processors released from 2009 to 2023 are compatible with IA ...
In September 1993, Compaq introduced the Compaq Presario, a family of IBM PC-compatible computers in a desktop form-factor, as the company's first foray into the retail computer market. They were one of the first manufacturers of the 1990s to market a sub-$1000 computer, as well as the first major computer manufacturer to utilize CPUs from AMD ...
By late 1998, the average selling price of personal computer systems in the United States had dropped below $1,000. [96] For Microsoft Windows systems, the average selling price (ASP) showed a decline in 2008/2009, possibly due to low-cost netbooks, drawing $569 for desktop computers and $689 for laptops at U.S. retail in August 2008.
Home computer. The often sprawling nature of a well-outfitted home computer is evident with this Tandy Color Computer 3. Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended ...