1984: An Apricot in your pocket… almost

The revolutionary Apricot Portable: the first computer in the world to use the new generation of 80-column, 25-line displays with built-in speech recognition. With its wireless keyboard and optional wireless mouse, which communicates with the computer via an infrared...

1985: Seeding the world

ACT renames itself « APRICOT COMPUTERS ». This is due to the success of the Apricot F1 and their desire to conquer the US market. They enjoy 30% of the UK market share and are a key European player in this new industry. They boast a 92m£ turnover and a 10.6m£ profit....

1986: like IBM… but smarter

The XEN-I machine is introduced. It provides more power, and a larger number of features and facilities within a system that is smaller as well as cheaper than the IBM AT. The XEN is the first APRICOT that is100% compatible with an IBM PC. It doesn’t use Windows 1.0...

1989: burning priorities

Release of the APRICOT VX. The first PC in the world with an intel 486 chip, burning priority to anyone else!

1990: Apricot Japanese garden

Apricot is the 2nd largest PC maker in Britain. In April, Mitsubishi acquires the company for 10 billion ¥ (70 million USD). A strategic move for Apricot, as it appears that the IBM clone industry and the Microsoft-Intel symbiosis have made it impossible for a fully...