30 years ago today, on November 20th 1985, Bill Gates introduced to the world the first iteration of what would become, for decades, a permanent contender in the 30-years run for the title of most popular operating system for PC, on a worldwide scale, alongside a rainbow-striped Apple Computers.

In 2006, Microsoft introduced its own take on portable mp3 players, when portable mp3 players were still “a thing”, with Microsoft Zune. Microsoft’s ill-fated answer to the Apple iPod, took almost five years, to completely flop in 2011, when the company officially discontinued production of the device, while learning a few things in the process:

Intel has recently announced a new chip designed for High Performance Computing (HPC), is slated for shipping next year, under the codename “Knights Landing”.

This morning at 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time, Apple has officially issued a press release, announcing online availability of the Apple iPad Pro, effective Wednesday November 11, to be extended to stores worldwide, online and brick-and-mortar, by the end of this week.