Top 25 Personal Computers of All Time Revealed

[luck777jojo]

With IBM just turning 25 years old everyone is talking about the PCs that have had the most influence on the computer industry over the years.

With that in mind I have found an article on PC World where they present their pick of the top 25 PCs of all time.
IBM does have a few spots in there, as does Toshiba and *of course* Apple.

Now some might argue that the list is quite incomplete and biased (myself being one of those people) but all-in-all it is a very interesting read.

Link to list (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126692-page,14-c,systems/article.html)

Link to article (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126692-page,1-c,systems/article.html)

[the_faith01]

its difficult 2 judge. The pcs are released over a serious of decades so the techonology and resources are different at each time. Personally i would find more interesting the top 25 current pcs...

[Macpunk]

But notice, Apple took 5 spots, including #1. :p

--Macpunk

[scruie]

No mention of the ZX Spectrum, that did so much for the hobbiest PC world by takig it out of the domains of the geek and into the mainstream world.

Fully understand the Apple 'puters being there as they are innovative, but there have been far more 'important' computers that have shaped the world of computing.

Still a very interesting article; glad the Amiga is mentioned ;)

[Blubarry]

This list MUST be biased. I think that the first machine the Atholon 64 was on should be on there (first machine to use 64 bit processer instead of 32). In addition, I think that the first dual core machine should be on there. This is a list on computers, not MP3 players, why is apple on there so much?

[luck777jojo]

erm actually the first athlon 64 based computer is by far not the first 64 bit computer ever, in 1998 there were 64 bit chips out (which weren't made by intel or AMD but another small start-up company). Those chips were crushed by Intel and swept under the rug by AMD though, because at that time neither of the chip manufacturers really wanted to speend the money to develop a 64 bit chip themselves.

[Blubarry]

I am dissapointed that they were crushed, as well as being "swept under the rug". In that case, they should be number 1, considering it is a start up company

[Macpunk]

We've had 64-bit processors since '91 right?

--Macpunk