The model built by Bill Gates and Paul Allen remains decades later. What’s changed is how Microsoft responds to a flop.

However, more conservative and commonly cited estimates suggest the number is closer to 12.5 to 17 million units, which still positions it as the best-selling desktop personal computer model in ...

The BBC's venerable science programme Horizon was investigating the new "Electronic Frontier", in an era where ... of having a computer on every desk and in every home – all running Microsoft ...