Uvuyo lokuzalwa kwi-IBM PC, enokubonakala iphelelwe lixesha ngoku kodwa yayili-smash ngomhla wayo. (Ifoto: Google Commons) Ngale mini ngo-1981, amawakawaka abantu abenxibe ii-tracksuits zabo ze-velor baya kukhetha iikhompyuter zabo ezintsha ze-IBM. Nangona izixhobo zomatshini zazindala ngokwemigangatho yanamhlanje, ukubaluleka kwayo kwimbali yeePC kwenza ukuba isikhumbuzo sikufanele ukuqaphela.
Ukulandela ukukhokelwa kweenkampani ezinje ngeAtari kunye neApple, ezazithi nkxu uzwane kwimakethi yePC ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970, umphathi we-IBM uFrank Cary wagqiba ngo-1980 ukuba inkampani yakhe iza kuzakhela ikhompyutha kunyaka olandelayo. Emva kokuba iprototype ekrwada ibonakalisiwe kungaphelanga inyanga, i-PC (ikhowudi ebizwa ngokuba yiProjekthi Chess) yayihamba. Ngaphezulu kwe-150 yabasebenzi be-IBM babandakanyeka kuphuhliso lwePC.
Ii-PC zokuqala zenziwa ngeendawo zorhwebo ezishelfini, kwaye zibandakanya izinto ezinje ngeefloppy diski zamazibuko kunye neekhasethi zokuqhuba. Inkampani ikwafune uncedo kwiinjineli zangaphandle zesoftware kunye nabasebenzi beenkonzo, ibakhuthaza ukuba baphuhlise amanqaku okuphucula imveliso.
I-PC ye-IBM yaqala ngo-Agasti 12, 1981, ngamaxabiso aqala kwi- $ 1,565 ($ 4,100 ehlengahlengiswe ukunyuka kwamaxabiso). Intengiso zekhompyuter zibonisa umdlali weBilly Scudder odlalayo I-Tramp encinci kaCharlie Chaplin , ukufumanisa ikhompyuter kunye nokuziqhelanisa namaxesha anamhlanje.
I-IBM ifumene ii-odolo ezingaphezulu kwama-40,000 kwi-PC yayo, kwaye ukuphela kuka-1982 inkampani yayithengisa enye Wonke umzuzu wosuku lweshishini . Kodwa ngo-1986 i-IBM yathatha isigqibo sokujonga ezinye iinkalo zobuchwephesha, ezakhokelela ekukhutshweni kwefayile ye- Ikhompyuter ye-ThinkPad ngo-1992.
Ii-PC ze-IBM zinempembelelo efikelela kude kwi-2000s, nangona kunjalo-Inkonzo yeSimo sezulu yeSizwe ibasebenzisile ukwenza idatha yeebhaluni zemozulu kude kube ngo-2006.
Ndonwabe kangaka ngokuzalwa, i-IBM PC- nangona unokuba ziindaba ezindala ngoku, uvule indlela yokwenziwa kweekhompyuter.
