marketing-friendly name. Aptivas were sold in the United States until early 2000, when price pressures made the line unprofitable and IBM withdrew from the retail desktop PC market entirely. See also IBM PC IBM PC compatible (IBM PC clone) List of IBM products PS/2 ThinkPad ThinkCentre IBM Aptiva References External links IBM Archives: IBM PS/1 PS/1 Products introduced in 1990 8086-based home computers Computer-related introductions in 1990