computer fair, the speed of development is so great that each fair outdates the previous one. it is lower prices that has helped the tremendous boom. about one home in ten will have a computer by the end of this year, by 1990, the number could be two out of three. we knew it was getting serious when the competition started. baz when you have competition, innovation gets stimulated. compaq. this is the one. higher resolution. great other expandability than ibm s pc. ibm s entry heated up an already volatile market. osborne computer was forced into bankruptcy last month. and apple, the industry s number one in small computers, had to concede it was now number two, behind ibm. all of a sudden, you were in an old-fashioned competitive business in which you really have to be better than the other guy. there are 150 micro computer businesses, and all of them want 10% of the market, and that just isn t going to happen. award winning interface. award winning design.
industry and it was an urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that caused me to drop out. if you don t have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. the mane thing was spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave you a new way to write. you could change thing around. and check your spelling. it would always look perfect. bottom line numbers. my dad had the large ledger sheets, done them all by hand. and i remember taking a computer to show him a spreadsheet. and suddenly, he understood the value of a personal computer. there was a drastic mind-set change in the whole country about what a computer was. and happened over a very short period of time. gather around and we ll tell you a lit bit more about the system. here at the west coa
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you a lit bit more about the system. here at the west coast computer fair, it is so great that each fair outdates the previous one. it is lower prices that has helped the tremendous boom. about one home in ten will have a computer by the end of this year, by 1990, the number could be two out of three. we nknew it was getting serious when the competition started. compaq. in is the one. higher resolution. great other expandability than ibm s pc. ibm s entry heated up an already volatile market. osborne computer was forced into bankruptcy last month. and apple, the industry s number one had to conside it was now number two, behind ibm. all of a sudden, you were in an old-fashioned competitive business in which you really have to be better than the other guy. there are 150 micro computer