On this day .. August 12 .. in 1981, IBM introduced the first PC (personal computer) in an effort to get into the market already dominated by the Commodore PET, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II and Tandy Corporation's TRS-80.
The IBM 5150 was a complete system, with a built-in monitor, keyboard, and data storage designed specifically for professional and scientific problem-solvers (hobbyists weren't quite willing to pay the $20,000 price tag back then).
It has been twenty nine years since IBM started all this "mess" and today's home computers are "dirt cheap" and far more powerful than any of those early engineers could have even fathomed.
They are also in just about every home in America .. and a source of contention in most.
I close with the following:
Dear Tech Support:
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slowdown in the performance of the flower and jewelry applications that had operated flawlessly under the Boyfriend 5.0 system.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9, and installed undesirable programs such as NFL 7.4, NBA 3.2 and NHL 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 also no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate
Gotta go.
My wife just sent me an IM from the other room and said she is leaving for work.
"'Bring me some game .." - Genesis 27:7a
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