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...plunged into the personal-computer market in August 1981. Tackling the mass market for computers for the first time, the company broke many of the traditions that had made it so successful in the past. Yet its new machine, the Personal Computer, generally known simply as the PC, has done nothing less than trans form the industry. IBM has already captured 21% of the $7.5 billion U.S. market for personal computers, a staggering feat in so short a time, and is virtually tied with pacesetter Apple Computer, which had a four-year head start...
Gallup found that 51% of the PC owners it surveyed use their machines to play such video games as Frogger, Choplifter and Deadline. But many enthusiasts put their home machines to multiple use, and some of those other applications now run a close second to game playing. Forty-six percent of the home-computer owners interviewed said they use micros to do accounting or make business forecasts; 46% said they utilize them to teach their children spelling and mathematics. A sizable slice of the sampling, 37%, said they balance their checkbooks or household budgets on the machines. Less than...
...highly paid managers. But after Chairman Harry Gray issued a video-taped message saying that the training was a good idea, defenses crumbled. So far, about 310 U.T. officials have graduated from the course. Early company estimates of use have proved optimistic: less than 20% of executives employ their PC daily on the job; about the same number turn to it occasionally; only one manager said he did not want to use the computer...
...filled at any time. "I'd expect direct competition to Lisa before the end of the year," says Clive Smith of the Yankee group, a Boston-based consulting firm. Already one company, VisiCorp, has announced that it is developing a mouse system that will plug into an IBM PC and give it some of Lisa's capabilities at a lower price. Apple itself is working on a scaled-down version of Lisa called Mackintosh (a misspelling of the Mclntosh apple). Priced at about $2,000, it is expected to make its debut this summer. Other mouse-driven machines...
...manuals. Although other machines have sold in greater quantities, the IBM is the computer of the year. Introduced in August 1981, nearly 200,000 were shipped in the past twelve months, winning it 17% of the market for mid-range machines. Already 1,000 programs are available for the PC, including games. Though IBM discourages using its machine as a toy (it charges $300 extra for color graphics), software programmers are busily translating all manner of playtime activities to run on the IBM PC...