Yet, we continue to treat the personal computer as a kind of magnificent novelty.
So why does the personal computer still have such a lock on our imaginations?
The personal computer revolution was delivered by two midpoint boomers, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
Microsoft used to have this kind of clout in the glory days of the personal computer.
The day I got my personal computer, my life as a design engineer was forever changed.
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Sixty years later, the resemblance between a memex and a personal computer is clear.
The personal computer took America by surprise, and then by storm, in the late 1970s.
Consider this: the modern smartphone is a personal computer in every sense of the word.
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Fifty-five years ago, my father took a vow to die for his personal computer.
The PC power supply is probably the most failure-prone item in a personal computer.
A.D. cop Lorna Cole (Rene Russo), he notices that her personal computer contains Three Stooges software.
The medium of personal computer screens would be lower on the list, she said.
In 2004, personal computer industry pioneer IBM decided to exit the PC business.
Michael Dell began his company by doing nothing more than assembling IBM personal computer knockoffs.
Telephones, facsimile and copying machines and personal computer modems proved indispensable in the revolutions of 1989.
That likely meant adopting a more modular approach to development--something the personal computer industry had honed.
The 29 new personal computer processors detailed this week will deliver some long-expected graphics oomph.
Traditionalists looked in vain for the kleroterion, however: a personal computer drew the sample instead.
The first time I saw a personal computer was in 1976, the year of the Apple I.
Not a bad pair of second acts for the man who helped spark the personal computer revolution.
Reading the data is simply a matter of bringing the device near a smartphone or personal computer.
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On the far more personal computer that is your smart phone, those differences can mean a lot.
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During that time, our family had front row seats to the incredible evolution of the personal computer.
Later it fended off personal computer manufacturers by making special adaptors that let PCs talk to other devices.
It was before the web, before the personal computer, before the cell phone, before voicemail and answering machines.
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