Intel processor based computer?

Why would anyone buy a computer with an Intel processor instead of an AMD or a Motorola processor? Let’s look at some stories to find out why Intel has the edge over the other two main processor products.

In 1975, the main processors for home computers were either 4-bit Motorola 6800 or MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) technology 6502, even though these were real computers. They had no keyboard or video, they relied on a TV to show the video and 'Joy' sticks to control the work. These were considered 'game' machines. At the same time, Texas Instruments developed a system called the TI 99. It debuted in the late 1970s and would introduce the external components for storage.

When IBM needed to compete with these 'gaming' machines, they took it a step further and went for big business. With the advent of the 8 bit 8088 processor from Intel, IBM created the first true personal computer (PC). Because this new computer would be a stand-alone system, it would require its own video and keyboard. It contained additional items such as a printer port, serial port, and a disk operating system (OS) that did not stand on a built-in OS that would be limited to the cmos capacity (4) 8 kilobytes.

In fact, the IBM PC was truly a work of art. IBM would gather resources from across the country to produce the new wave in electronics. In Seattle, a young software engineer and his company wanted to make money by developing the Disk Operating System (DOS) from CP-M OS for IBM to license. From Arizona, IBM would buy the Intel 8088 and then later the 8086 processor and the associated I / O chips to build the computer. From New York, IBM licensed the rights to the 180-kilobyte and then 360-kilobyte floppy drive. From California, they licensed the various types of I / O chips for video, parallel, serial ports, and memory control.

When IBM introduced the IBM PC, there was no real competition. It may have cost a little more than a new car, but business needed this new tool to bring it out of the deep recession it had been in for the past seven years. This was not a slot machine. It was not as fast as a mini (a mini-computer is not as powerful as a mainframe, but has all the components of a mainframe), and not as powerful as a mainframe, but it had more than enough power to do word processing, complex mathematical calculations and display the results on a video screen. It can also save the work to a diskette or print a hard copy of the document or results.

At the same time, Apple II, produced by Apple Computers, was out of gas; it did not have the computing power of the IBM PC, although the video and floppy disk drive space was comparable. It just did not have enough steam. When Intel introduced the first 8-bit processor, the 8088, Motorola was also working on an 8n-bit processor, the 68000. Apple II used a 6502 processor, and Apple Computer Company wanted to produce a new computer that would compete with the IBM PC. The concept was to be Mac, using the Motorola 68000 processor, adding the video to the case and a higher capacity floppy drive. The Mac also introduced us to the GUI (graphical user interface) and pointing device called a mouse.

In 1981, Apple was already playing catch-up, and they were behind the IBM PC for about two years, and at the rapid pace of computer technology, two years is the same as two decades. Even with the innovation incorporated in the Mac (GUI from Xerox, all the components in one case), Apple could not get Big Blue. The battle for PC market share was on. The first match would go to IBM, and the next two would go to Apple. But in the end, the one who maintains the lead in technology will win.