Comment Re:IBM/Microsoft set back IT 20 years at least. (Score 1) 433
We had "32 bit machines with GUI, preemptive multitasking and hardware-accelerated 3D graphics" prior to August 1981? Any links/info?
Yes, stupid. Take a look at Sun, Apollo, and SGI.
All had bitmapped graphics (no window system, programs took over the screen), mice, and the SGI machines at least had hardware-accelerated 3D graphics (the hardware did matrix mulitplications and polygon fills).
Thanks for calling me stupid, and then refer to companies and computers that didn't even exist when the IBM PC was launched. SGI was founded the year after and launched their first machine 3 years after the IBM PC. Sun was founded and launched their first machine the year after the IBM PC.
Apollo Computer was the only one of the companies you mention that even existed when the IBM PC was launched. It was founded the year before, and launched their first machine same year as the IBM PC. It did have a 16/32 bit Motorola 68000, not hardware accellerated 3D graphics.