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...

1992: Modern Mobility

The stylish Apricot NT386SL laptop is released. Featuring an Intel 25 MHz i386SL microprocessor and a VGA-compatible white LCD screen, the Apricot NT386SL packs the performance of a desktop into an A4-sized format. Mobility remains an important aspect of Apricot’s...

1995: the Business Orchard

Apricot is Mitsubishi’s wing in Europe and is mainly dedicated to the corporate market (servers FT4200, networking PC LS550, multimedia MS540…). The soundness of the Japanese company provides Apricot with a legacy of quality in the corporate field.