PC Design Mistakes
June 16th, 2009 by ComputerBob
Live and learn. It’s an old saying, but it’s true about just about everything in life.
Including PC design.
In the beginning, it was difficult for consumers to choose which PC to buy, as competing — and even proprietary — hardware and software standards were often the norm instead of the exception.
And several different shake-outs caused many PC manufacturers to go out of business.
So it was relatively easy to buy a PC that would end up being an unsupported orphan.
Luckily, over the past few decades, PC designers learned to utilize many industry standards in their designs, significantly increasing consumers’ chances of choosing PCs that will be supported for years to come.
But sometimes it’s fun to look back at some early PC design mistakes, which many of us have used or even owned in the past.
The first PC that I ever bought is on that list — the Texas Instruments TI-99/4a. At the time, I had already used PCs for a couple of years, so it only took me a month to discover its many limitations and return it to my local K-Mart store for a full $400 refund — at night, when an “accept-any-returns” high school kid was working behind the counter.
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