Some people are saying that we ought to put an IBM PC on every desk in America to improve productivity.

有些人在宣扬说为了提高生产力，我们应该把IBM电脑放在美国的所有办公桌上。

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Bill Gates, Microsoft's founder, had the same knack: he could see at the dawn of the PC that his goal of a computer on every desk was realistic and would create an unimaginably large market.

微软创始人比尔·盖茨有着同样的诀窍：在个人电脑刚出现的时候就看到“使每张办公桌上都有一台电脑”的目标是可以实现的，这个造就了一个巨大无比的市场。

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The PC may have been personal; a smartphone or tablet, held in your hand rather than perched on your desk, is almost intimate, and you can take it almost anywhere.

个人电脑可能已经个性化了，而一个能拿在手里而不是摆在桌上的智能手机或者平板电脑，更成了你的亲密伙伴，你几乎可以带它到任何地方。

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Braswell has a Mac and a PC on her desk and keeps an Amiga 1200 warm at home.

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So is the space for that PC tower under the desk with a fan whirring away.

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