http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 Rohan Jayasekera Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:02:59 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/#comment-2610 IBM actually introduced a personal computer in October 1975, the IBM 5100. This predated even the Apple I (1976), let alone the Apple II (1977), and was far more impressive than anything Apple made for years. I have one (built in 1976 I think) and it still works just fine. For Apple to have pretended that it didn't exist, and claim to have "invented the first personal computer system", displays Steve Jobs' arrogance even more than the photo does. IBM actually introduced a personal computer in October 1975, the IBM 5100. This predated even the Apple I (1976), let alone the Apple II (1977), and was far more impressive than anything Apple made for years. I have one (built in 1976 I think) and it still works just fine. For Apple to have pretended that it didn’t exist, and claim to have “invented the first personal computer system”, displays Steve Jobs’ arrogance even more than the photo does.

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