The 30th anniversary of the IBM PC is Friday, and the two companies most responsible for its success both explained how they're moving on today.
IBM engineer Mark Dean, who was on the team that built the first IBM PC, says the PC era is basically over. He's proud he was involved -- but he's also "proud IBM decided to leave the personal computer business in 2005, selling our PC division to Lenovo."
Dean says that he has switched to a tablet (he doesn't say which one, but odds are it's an iPad), and that the PC is going the way of "vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs" -- which echoes what he told us back in March.
To read the full, original article click on this link: At Age 30, Is The PC Dead? IBM And Microsoft Weigh In
Author:Matt Rosoff
