personal computer
noun
: a general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (such as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user
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Then again, nobody would voluntarily install an icon of an angry drill sergeant on a personal computer.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In the wake of corporate shakeups and a sales slump, Apple welcomes Jobs back as interim CEO.
August 15, 1998 – The iMac, a streamlined personal computer, debuts.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
Further Reading Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures
Of these clones, some of the most interesting emerged in Japan.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
Receives, configures, installs, and troubleshoots personal computer systems, printers, server applications, network switches, routers, and other electronic devices throughout Monroe County departments.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
The small tech startup quickly became one America’s fastest-growing companies, overtaking the incumbent Apple and dominating the growth of personal computers in the 1990s by developing Windows, an easy-to-use operating system.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
January 1983 – Apple introduces the Lisa, a new brand of personal computer.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
While this hardware can be pricy compared to personal computers, the main cost for these operations is electricity use, so the miners will tend to move to places with low electricity rates.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In the wake of corporate shakeups and a sales slump, Apple welcomes Jobs back as interim CEO.
August 15, 1998 – The iMac, a streamlined personal computer, debuts.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
Further Reading Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures
Of these clones, some of the most interesting emerged in Japan.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
Receives, configures, installs, and troubleshoots personal computer systems, printers, server applications, network switches, routers, and other electronic devices throughout Monroe County departments.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
The small tech startup quickly became one America’s fastest-growing companies, overtaking the incumbent Apple and dominating the growth of personal computers in the 1990s by developing Windows, an easy-to-use operating system.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
January 1983 – Apple introduces the Lisa, a new brand of personal computer.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
While this hardware can be pricy compared to personal computers, the main cost for these operations is electricity use, so the miners will tend to move to places with low electricity rates.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
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