Submitted by “We take a close look at some of the most influential personal computers of the past 40 years. From pre-microprocessor machines to the venerated IBM PC, each of these systems contributed in some way to the modern personal computing era.” Some very pretty machines in there.
Touch of an exaggeration there.
Nobody is going to argue that Intel don’t have a major lead, but AMD’s market share certainly isn’t insignificant either.
Plus heaps of portable devices (from netbooks to smart phones*) run non-Intel chips (some even run non-x86 chips).
And not to meantion that games consoles are increasingly used as personal computers these days too.
* Granted smart phones aren’t “PCs” in the common understanding of the term, but these days most of them have Office suites, web access (internet/e-mails), games and music players – pretty much everything that the average PC owner uses.
That’s an interesting article, but has some gaping holes in it. Obviously, they can’t list every computer, but you can’t have a proper computer history without an Amiga! If they need space, they could easily remove the failed Apple III or the XT (or AT).