How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market
.article-detail .inlay p, .article-detail article .inlay p { font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0 0 1em; } Mark Richards/Computer History Museum The IBM PC, introduced in August 1981, helped reassure corporate customers that personal computing was serious. On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown…