The IBM and Macintosh computers have been in competition with each other for
             years, and each of them have their strong points. They both had their own ideas
             about where they should go in the personal computer market. They also had many
             developments, which propelled themselves over the other.
             It all started when Thomas John Watson became president of Computing Tabulating
             Recording in 1914, and in 1924 he renamed it to International Business Machines
             Corporation. He eventually widened the company lines to include electronic
             computers, which was extremely new in those days. In 1975 IBM introduced their
             first personal computer (PC) which was called the Model 5100. It carried a
             price tag of about $9,000 which caused it to be out of the main stream of
             personal computers, even though their first computer did not get off to as big
             as a start they had hoped it did not stop them from continuing on. Later on IBM
             teamed up with Microsoft to create an operating system to run their new
             computers, because their software division was not able to meet a deadline.
             They also teamed up with Intel to supply its chips for the first IBM personal
             computer. When the personal computer hit the market it was a major hit and IBM
             became a strong power in electronic computers. Phoenix Technologies went
             through published documentation to figure out the internal operating system
             (BIOS) in the IBM. In turn, they designed a BIOS of their own which could be
             used with IBM computers. It stood up in courts and now with a non IBM BIOS, the
             clone was created. Many manufacturers jumped in and started making their own
             IBM Compatible computers, and IBM eventually lost a big share in the desktop
             While IBM was just getting started in the personal computer market, Apple was
             also just getting on its feet. It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
             in 1976. They were both college drop outs, Steve Jobs out of Reed Col...