The Altair 8800 was the computer that signaled to Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and so many others, that the world was ready for a home computer. It wasn't perfect. If it had of been, we never would have gotten Osborne computers, Tandy, The Commodore, Apple, or any of the others that launched in the wake of the Altair. But it was what we needed it at the right time to get other great minds thinking!