Final 3 Greens,
I did not wish to disparage their machines - they might well prosper, as Hitachi did getting rid of the DeathStar image. However, IBM led the way in corporate security and sturdiness, and with their pricing towards the end, were extremely competitve (unlike the 486s we were buying ten years ago at 8,000 quid a pop when a Compaq was about 3,000).
I just rue the passing of an icon. Distinctive black cases, unlike the cream Compaq upstarts, and their nipples - a great innovation. I used to have one of those IBM luggables with the CRT. I believe they even made an S/370 luggable!
BOFH
(we had it toof)