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| Top
Greatest PC's of All Time* |
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Altair 8800: The
machine that inspired a generation.
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Apple II: The
definitive PC - at least until IBM joined the party.
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IBM PC AT: Set
standards still in use today.
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Compaq Deskpro 386:
Pioneered
a new Intel processor before IBM did, inspiring a horde of other clone
vendors.
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Radio Shack TRS-80
Model 100: The first successful notebook.
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Apple Machintosh
512K: The first truly useful Mac.
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Amiga: Did multimedia
tricks in 1985 that today's PCs still can't do.
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Commodore 64:
Possibly the most beloved computer of all time.
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IBM ThinkPad 560:
Thin, light, and durable: our pick for the perfect travelling companion.
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Palm Pilot: Small
is beautiful.
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| Ten
Biggest Hardware Flops* |
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IBM PCjr: Orphaned
at an early age; famously awful keyboard.
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NeXT Machine:
Sleek, black, and Unix-based; ten years ahead of its time.
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Apple Lisa: Suffice
it to say that 2700 of them were buried in a landfill.
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IBM PS/2: Failed
to take PC market away from the clones.
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The Net PC: Dumb
and dumber terminals.
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The Network Computer:
No Java, just jive.
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Newton MessagePad:
Lookd
kool, two bad it never learnd tous pell
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Pentop Computers:
Write
idea; wrong time, price and size.
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PowerPC: Once
seen as an Intel killer; never more than just another Mac.
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Xerox Alto: Can
you say "blown opportunity"?
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| Ten
Greatest Software Packages* |
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Netscape Navigator:
Changed
the Web forever.
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Electric Pencil:
Father of all word processors.
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MS Excel: The
last truly innovative program from Microsoft.
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dBASE II: Brought
programming to the masses.
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HyperCard: Created
hypertext-the glue that holds the Web together.
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XyWrite: The
last great DOS word processor.
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VisiCalc: Proof
that the PC meant business.
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Myst: We're still
trying to finish it.
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PC-Talk: Communication
package invented the shareware concept.
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DOS 1.0: Bill
Gates does CP/M for IBM - and the rest is history.
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| Ten
Biggest Software Flops* |
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Microsoft Bob: Windows'
half-wit cousin, now vacationing with Jimmy Hoffa.
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Apple Copland: Like
Bigfoot, this Mac OS has never been seen in public.
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OS/2: Smothered
by its half brother, Windows.
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WordPerfect for Windows
5.1: Slow
and buggy; helped hand word processor market to Microsoft.
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Lion King CD-ROM:
The
nightmare after Christmas for many Mouseketeers.
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Microsoft Outlook
1.0: So big and slow, even Microsoft was embarrassed.
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RAM doublers: Nice
idea, if they worked.
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MCI Mail: Could
have been e-mail king, but hit the Web way too late.
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Apple EWorld:
Remember this online service? Neither does anyone else.
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Windows CE 1.0:
Windows on a palm PC? Kind of like stuffing a moose into a matchbox.
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| Reference:
PCWorld
US December 1999 |
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