It sold IBM PC–compatible computer systems, monitors, and other peripherals supplied by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan.

[1] Leading Technology moved from an "unimposing" office in a Beaverton business park to cohabit a 77,000-square-foot building downtown with Rick Terrell's erstwhile active Microware in late September 1987.

[8] Leading Edge subsequently re-launched their computer systems in earnest by establishing the PC Partner brand of low-cost desktops and laptops in 1991, their push into the consumer retail space.

[9][10] In designing the flagship PC Partner, the company stressed aesthetics, coloring the computers in cool gray with purple and teal accents.

William O'Neill, Leading Technology's vice president of sales, perceived the traditional beige box appearance of PCs as increasingly antiquated when compared to consumer appliances of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[11] As well as the paint job, the main case features rounded off edges with matching feet, emulating the look of contemporary home audio gear.