1981. The future had arrived. On that date – 43 years ago this week – IBM introduced its personal computer: the 5150. It wasn’t the first – Tandy, Commodore, and Apple were already at the ...

It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders ... BASIC for its personal computer project. The IBM PC is released in August, 1981. The Apple Macintosh debuts in 1984.