you a lit bit more about the system. >> here at the west coast computer fair, the speed of development is so great that each fair outdates the previous one. >> it is lower prices that has helped the tremendous boom. about one home in ten will have a computer by the end of this year, by 1990, the number could be two out of three. >> we knew the personal computer was getting serious when the competition started. when you have competition, innovation gets stimulated. >> compaq. >> atari. >> this is the one. >> higher resolution. great other expandability than ibm's pc. >> ibm's entry heated up an already volatile market. one industry innovator, osborne computer, was forced into bankruptcy last month. and apple, the industry's number one had to concede it was now number two, behind ibm. >> all of a sudden, you were in an old-fashioned competitive business in which you really have to be better than the other guy. >> there are 150 micro computer companies and all of them want