I have the main unit, keyboard and mouse.
type computer
country USA
year 2003
os Windows XP prof.
cpu Intel Pentium 4
speed 2.4 GHz
ram 768 MB
disk 3,5″ 1.44MB/24*CD
hd IBM 40 GB
graphic Intel Extreme Graphic 1024×768
colors true color
sound SoundMAX with SPX
ports Monitor, keyboard, mouse, Centronics, rs323, vga, sound/mic, USB.
The IBM NetVista M42 — IBM’s Corporate Desktop
The IBM NetVista M42 was part of IBM’s NetVista range of corporate desktop computers produced in the early 2000s — IBM’s answer to Dell’s OptiPlex and HP’s Vectra as the standard corporate desktop platform. Using Intel Pentium 4 processors and designed for manageability, security, and total cost of ownership in enterprise environments, the NetVista represented IBM’s personal computer business at its final phase before IBM sold the PC division to Lenovo in 2005 for $1.75 billion.
IBM’s PC Exit
IBM’s sale of its PC business to Lenovo in 2005 marked the end of an era — the company that had created the PC standard in 1981 exiting the business it had founded. IBM’s rationale was that PCs had become commodities where margins were too thin for IBM’s business model, and that the company’s future lay in services, software, and enterprise hardware. The NetVista M42 represents IBM’s corporate PC line in its final years — a genuinely well-built machine from a company that had pioneered the category but was now preparing to exit it.
ThinkCentre Transition
The NetVista range was succeeded by the IBM ThinkCentre — itself eventually transferred to Lenovo along with the ThinkPad laptop line. The ThinkCentre name and the quality standards it represented survived IBM’s exit from the PC market, continuing under Lenovo ownership to this day.