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The personal computer industry began in 1977, when Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack ...
Thirty-five years after IBM rolled out its Personal Computer and helped change the way the world accesses information, the jury's still out on whether the rise of the machines has helped or hurt ...
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Acer secured the top position in the Philippine personal computer market in Q1 2025, with a 35.7% total market share, a 34.2% ...
John Blankenbaker's Kenbak-1 computer has been called 'the world's first commercially available personal computer', and a rare 1971 example is now being auctioned.
One of only ten surviving Kenbak-1 personal computers from 1971 has sold at auction for €34,000 (US$36,500). Judged the "first commercially available personal computer" in 1987 by a panel at the ...
Indeed, a recent study by the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center estimated that 20.6 million personal computers became obsolete in the U.S. in 1998, but only 11 percent, or 2.3 ...
Anything that moves makes noise. And your personal computer is an assemblage of whirring, spinning, vibrating parts. Depending on your particular machine, this can amount to a comforting white nois ...