First personal computer to ship standard with a preemptive multitasking operating system (Window3.1 and Macintosh System 7.0 still support less-efficient cooperative multitasking). | |
First personal computer to ship with a 32-bit operating system. | |
First personal computer to support more than 16-color output as a standard feature. | |
First personal computer with an inexpensive genlock option. | |
First personal computer to ship with a standard double-sided 3.5" disk drive. | |
First personal computer to include a two-button mouse as standard (the new Power Macs still don't, hehe). | |
First personal computer to offer a choice of command line and graphical user interface. | |
First persoanl computer to include four-channel, digital sound on the motherboard. | |
First personal computer to ship standard with speech synthesis. | |
First (and unfortunately only) personal computer to ship with a keyboard garage. | |
First personal computer to include plug-and-play (AutoConfig) expansion cards. |
The preceeding information was pulled from the 100th issue of Amiga World.