| Ruler said: the IBM PC at the time was a Homecumputer by IBM actually |
Can your arguments get even more stupid? Are you trying to set a record?
So all the IBM-PCs and the IBM-compatibles in the 1980s weren't PCs?
- https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer/AT
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386
- http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/12/09/what-would-they-cost-today-10-classic-pieces-of-tech-history-at-todays-prices/
- http://pctimeline.info/ibmpc/ibm1983.htm
"March 1983: IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer XT in New York City. It features a Intel 8088 processor, 10 MB hard drive, eight expansion slots, serial port, 128 kB RAM, 40 kB ROM, keyboard, one double-sided 360 kB floppy drive. Price is US$4995."
"October 1983: IBM announces the IBM 3270 PC, an 8088-based system, for US$4290. IBM announces the IBM 5160 Model 588, known as the PC XT/370. It is a PC XT with 8088 CPU, 768 kB RAM, 360 KN disk drive, a 10 MB hard drive, and a special add-in card containing an Intel 8087 math coprocessor and two Motorola 68000 chips to execute or emulate System/370 instructions. Price is US$8995."
"August 1984: IBM announces the IBM PC/AT computer. It features 6 MHz 80286 processor, PC-DOS 3.0, 5.25-inch 1.2 MB floppy drive, 256 or 512 kB RAM, optional 20 MB hard drive, monochrome or color monitor. The XENIX operating system from Microsoft is also awailable. Price ranges from US$4000 to US$6700."
Quite pricey for a "home computer" (which are also PCs). Again: a decent PC costed 10x - 20x of a home console in the 80s, 4x - 6x of a home console in the 90s and 3x - 4x of a home console a decade ago and 2x - 3x of a console now. The price gap between console hardware and PC hardware was and is shrinking constantly over the years, PCs aren't a luxory anymore and are affordable for almost everyone.
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