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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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QOTD: Will EV Shift Force People to Hold On to ICE Vehicles?

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A chief scientist at Toyota has said that forcing people to buy EVs could actually make them want to keep their internal-combustion engine vehicles longer. The whole article is worth a read (and covers some ground that should be familiar to regular TTAC readers).

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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

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This article may contain affiliate links. Personal tastes and preferences, such as transmission type and color, should also be considered. Remember, you are buying a car, not a deal. Often sports cars can end up as orphans, going out of production quickly. Weighing the Appeal Versus the Harsher Reality. Extra Costs.

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Stuff We Use: Garage TV Setups

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On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we have actually used or purchased with our own meagre income. Just use yer common sense when buying off the latter.

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How to Read Online Reviews

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Know Before You Buy Car-related Products & Services. This article may contain affiliate links. Reading reviews can be a great way to learn more about a product or service before you buy it. This can be a sign that the reviewer is not actually using the product they’re writing about.

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Best Tesla Cybertruck accessories for your upcoming pickup

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With the Tesla Cybertruck finally coming to market next year, some customers are already looking for accessories to personalize their upcoming vehicle. According to the company’s website, they offer a wide variety of wrap colors, including my personal favorite, Matt Metallic Mars Red. What do you think of the article?

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. You wrote a famous article in 2017, “ The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Prediction. “ Or, how far can a person throw a Frisbee?

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