Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

PC “Going The Way Of The Vacuum Tube, Typewriter, Vinyl Records, CRT And Incandescent Light Bulbs” – Original IBM PC Design Engineer

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It was 30 years ago today that IBM created the first personal computer running Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system, but Mark Dean, an engineer and Chief Technology Officer of IBM’s Middle East and Africa division, who was part of the design team for the first IBM PC that was unveiled at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Aug. 12, 1981, and who lead […]