If you were to ask me, on this day, what has changed with regards to computers and IT and IBM in the last 40 years, I would say it’s this: Access: Very few people had access to computers 40 years ago. Those folks used mainframes, minicomputers and the occasional personal computer ...
The PS/2 model of computers went away from the PC/XT/AT design for something that would be more toolless and allow for more automation in the building & assembling of these machines. That means they removed loose wiring where possible to give not only great airflow, but an overall clean...
To illustrate its speed in everyday terms, IBM said that it would take 100,000 high-performance laptop computers to equal Roadrunner's processing power. In another comparison, the company said it would take all six billion people on the planet (world population at the time), working on ...
The ThinkPad is generally considered the unofficial laptop of hackerdom, so it’s no surprise that we see plenty of projects focused on repairing and modifying these reliable workhorses. But while we usually see folks working on relatively modern incarnations of this iconic line of computers, this...
The dawn of personal computers (PCs) in the 1980s and 90s, however, created dramatic financial losses for IBM; the company attempted to restructure, but it wasn’t able to keep up with the demand for PCs and, as a result, IBM lost billions in revenue. As vendors likeCompaq,Dell, and...
I didn’t have a phone line in the first apartment I lived in, which cut my BBS/modeming habit when I moved in drastically down from “many hours a day” to “nothing” very quickly. In regards to computers, it was a transitional time for me. When I first moved into that apartment...
In terms of computer memory and processing power, IBM SPSS Statistics can be demanding, especially when working with huge datasets or carrying out complex analysis. Users with older or less powerful computers may face difficulties as a result, which could affect how well the software performs. ...
by mid-decade we will start to see some points where quantum computers can breakthrough and provide some answers to problems that are currently in track in this decade. … A lot of things must come together and that's why we're all working together. The more people on this, ...
Prior to the System/360, IBM (like most computer manufacturers) produced multiple computers with entirely incompatible architectures. The System/360, on the other hand, wasa complete lineof computers sharing a single architecture. The fastest model in the original lineup was 50 times as powerful ...
A company would say to us: “Well, IBM, we’re no longer running that in-house, we’re not running HR applications, so go sell your computers and your capability to Hewitt. We’re not doing benefits, we’re not running 401(k) plans, we’ve pushed all that out — Fidelity, Hewitt...