How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market
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JULY 21, 2021
IBM's original manufacturing forecasts called for 1 million machines over three years, with 200,000 the first year. On 2 August 1985, Estridge, his wife, Mary Ann, and a handful of IBM salesmen from Los Angeles boarded Delta Flight 191 headed to Dallas. In reality, customers were buying 200,000 PCs per month by the second year.
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