Nota bene: This is the concluding part of the surprisingly interesting history of the IBM PC. You should probably read part one of the story if you haven't already. In November 1979, Microsoft’s ...
IN THE BEGINNING there was the IBM PC, and it was good. Then came the PC clones—and several tangentially related machines in the 1980s that utilized the Intel x86 CPU architecture because it, well, ...
Talk about longevity. Thirty years ago to this month, PCWorld published its very first print issue, a 310-page magazine loaded with essential news, reviews, and features about IBM PCs and compatible ...
In brief: Last year was not a good one for the PC market, with one analyst firm calling it the industry's worst ever twelve months. However, the final quarter of 2023 offered reasons to be optimistic ...
The videogame industry doesn't have the best track record at preserving its past, though this is slowly changing with the help of independent organisations. One such organisation is the Video Game ...