IBM compatible is a term used to describe a computer, hardware or software that is IBM/PC Compatible. This does not necessarily mean that the computer was manufactured by http://wiki.answers.com/../../comp/ibm.htm.
Today, the majority of computers manufactured and used are either IBM or http://wiki.answers.com/../../comp/apple.htmhttp://wiki.answers.com/../m/macintos.htmcompatible.
Depends on how you want them to be compatible.
The first IBM PC is the Compaq Portable.
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IBM no longer produces hardware that is compatible with Windows '98 but it will run on a recent Apple computer within the Virtual Box software. (See links below)
Windows was not designed to run on any particular computer, but rather any computer compatible with the original IBM PC. After IBM stopped making personal computers, Windows was designed to run on any computer with an x86 compatible processor and BIOS.
Alan Hoenig has written: 'WordStar for the IBM PC and compatible computers' -- subject(s): IBM Personal Computer, IBM compatible computers, Programming, Word processing, WordStar (Computer file) 'Introduction to Microsoft Word for the IBM Personal Computer' 'Microsoft Word for the Macintosh' -- subject(s): Macintosh (Computer), Microsoft Word, Programming, Word processing
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Because of the influence of the IBM-compatible pc, Windows dominates the computer operating system market.
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The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida.