Without the 8088 we wouldn't have the likes of the IBM Model 5150 – commonly known as the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) – which was one of the first machines to use it when it launched in 1981.

Conceived and created by Manuel Fernandez, founder of Gavilan Computer Corp ... the first ever "laptop" weighed 9 pounds (4 kg) and was powered by a 5 MHz Intel 8088 alongside MS-DOS.

This small difference would be the key to the wider use of the 8088 later. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the personal computer industry was just starting. Companies like Apple, Commodore ...