Happy Birthday to the Personal Computer

[IMTDS]

As you can see by the link below, the IBM PC is 25 years old today!

Happy Birthday IBM PC

Reading it makes you realise just how things have changed in the last 25 years.

 

[Danny]

Happy Birthday freezemachine!

Have a crash on me

 

[G.T]

*pats my Dell*

*burns fingers...*

 

[HACKr]

Nonononono, The computer as we know it was released in January 1984.

 

[DuckRacer]

Nonononono, The computer as we know it was released in January 1984.

Agreed.

But anyway, happy birthday to the PC.

 

[Master_Yoda]

happy birthday, now let me go play WoW, this time don't lag

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

My first computer was an IBM and lasted for 5-6 years, until the power supply decided to die. Happy Birthday

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

The first PC (IBM):
4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor
16 kilobytes of memory, expandable to 256k.
came with one or two 160k floppy disk drives and an optional color monitor
costed $1,565 ($4,000 today)

2006 Dell XPS:
Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz, 800MHzFSB, 4MBCache processer
up to 640GB memory
19in. flatpanel moniter
Single and Dual DVD and CD Drive/Burner available and even a 3.5" Floppy Drive
costs a little under $1,000


We sure have come a long way in just 25 years.

 

[DuckRacer]

It makes you think how fast our computers will be in 2031.

 

[Evolution.]

My computer in 2031:

Intel Pentium 10 Pentacore Processor (15.6GHz)
2TB of RAM
400TB, 50,000 RPM, 128MB Cache Hard Drive
nVidia GeForce 15000 GTXSR 1TB VRAM Video Card


etc.

 

[Omnis]

My computer in 2031:

"Hi, my name is Gottlieb."

 

[ferrari_chris]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!