The way I remember it, the main thing it had going for it was that 'IBM' tag.
Its graphics were worse than that of the 4 year old Apple II, its speed was only a little higher (certainly way of from what the 1:4.77 clock speed ratio would make you think; both ran at around 1 MIPS).
Yes, it handled more than 64k RAM and was 16 bit-ish, but very impressive? Not in my memory.
The original 5150 PC had a wonderful keyboard. We'd consider it very heavy and loud today (each key had a spring beneath it, and made a very audible click when pressed), but compared to the other keyboards at the time, it was easily the best.
Its graphics were worse than that of the 4 year old Apple II, its speed was only a little higher (certainly way of from what the 1:4.77 clock speed ratio would make you think; both ran at around 1 MIPS).
Yes, it handled more than 64k RAM and was 16 bit-ish, but very impressive? Not in my memory.