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by JPLeRouzic 1438 days ago
> The other problem is that PCs basically weren't fast enough for full graphical interfaces at the time.

A PX XT (8088) with the graphical GEM was absolutely usable. I was impressed by it in 1986, at a time were Windows 1 was nearly unusable, and Windows 2 (from 1988) not much better.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/IBM_PC_G...