The 10 Worst PCs of All Time
Remember these clunkers? Many of them were so bad they're hard to forget.
Dan Tynan, PC World
#6. Texas Instruments TI-99/4 (1979)

Two years later the company released the TI-99/4A, which featured more powerful processors, a better keyboard, the ability to plug in your own monitor, uppercase and lowercase letters, and a price tag less than half the TI-99/4's $1150. But it wasn't enough. TI exited the home PC biz a few years later, focusing exclusively on laptops.
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