The InfoWorld Hardware Hall of Fame
From mainframes and minis to PCs and PDAs, our picks for the greatest, most enduring computer hardware of all time
By Eric Knorr
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InfoWorld's Hardware Hall of Fame
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IBM System/360 mainframe (1964)
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Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-11 (1970)
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Digital Equipment Corp. VAX (1977)
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IBM PC/AT (1984)
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Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)
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Okidata Microline 100/200/300 series (1987)
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IBM AS/400 (1988)
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LaserJet 4 (1992)
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IBM ThinkPad (1992)
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Iomega Zip Drive (1994)
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Cisco PIX 515 (1995)
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US Robotics PalmPilot (1996)
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Apple Power Mac G3 (1997)
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Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 Starfire (1997)
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Apple PowerBook G3 (1998)
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Cisco Catalyst 6509 (1999)
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HP ProLiant DL360 G2 (2003)
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Dell PowerEdge 2800 (2005)
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See the 2009 Technology of the Year Award winners
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See the 2008 BOSSIES winners
LaserJet 4 (1992)
HP has dominated laser printing from the start -- and no laser printer had a longer run that the LaserJet 4. Its Canon EX engine, which delivered eight pages per minute at 600 ppi, was practically indestructible. Customers frequently reported a lifespan of a decade or more with very little cleaning or maintenance.
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