* A personal computer (PC) is a general-purpose computer‚ whose size‚ capabilities‚ and original sale price makes it useful for individuals‚ and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. * Software applications for most personal computers include‚ but are not limited to‚ word processing‚ spreadsheets‚ databases‚ Web browsers and e-mail clients‚ digital mediaplayback‚ games‚ and myriad personal productivity and special-purpose software applications
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Contrast Mainframes and Personal Computers Overview Mainframes and personal computers have evolved over the years but their core functions have stayed the same. The mainframe is used connect multiple users for large organizations while personal computers are generally used for a single users. The more drastic changes for mainframes and personal computers have been speed and size. Mainframes use to be the size of buildings. Now they are the size of a textbook. Personal computer ’s origins came from
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Computers have taken over our lives. Computers are great things‚ and are very useful in everyday life‚ but they create a certain distraction which just overpowers our will to stay away from the computer. In our modern day world‚ computers are absolutely essential and all around us‚ at work‚ at schools‚ at malls etc. It is impossible to run away from these devices and we’ve become so dependent on it that we just can’t do things on our own now. For example‚ say you were doing some homework and
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COMPONENTS OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER Can you imagine a world without computers? Computers have changed everyday life in infinite ways that we would have never imagined 50 years ago. Long ago‚ computers were primarily used to compute numbers and to do word processing. As times have changed‚ computers have also evolved to help us with our everyday tasks. Nowadays we even use our computers for personal enjoyment by using them for games and finding information on the Internet. One way computers play a vital
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BACKGROUND On January 24‚ 1984 Apple introduced the first commercially successful personal computer using a mouse and a graphical user interface[i].Since then the war between PC and Mac users has lived. Claims have been made that Apple is too expensive and PC’s are too slow and of cheap quality. After the introduction of Microsoft’s Windows in 1985 the PC market has been dominated due to Microsoft’s Windows operating system[ii]. The domination of the market is largely due to the flexibility of Windows
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Dell ‘Kinotop’ – self-charging laptop based on kinetic energy. ‘Kinotop – you care‚ you work‚ you save’ Zoja Micunovic A4021609 MSc Marketing Intake 5 1. Introduction 1 The purpose of this report is to research and evaluate the UK consumer in order to launch an innovative ‘Kinotop’ laptop computer which would expand Dell’s target B2C group and also market share in the UK and establish ‘Dell Kinotop’ as a new ‘must have’ item amongst professionals between the ages of 35-50 which self recharges
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think most of us know the fact that a chess-playing computer Deep Blue developed by IBM defeated the world chess champion in 1997. Then a lot of queries come to our mind and scientists concern more about that. Can computer have intelligence and think like human beings? Will computer be superior to us and replace us in the future? On hearing these questions‚ many people may think that it’s impossible that computer will be superior to human. Computer is made by us; it’s only a machine‚ a tool. It cannot
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There are some innovation and technology enthusiasts who claim that computer-based learning will soon replace teachers. Just take a look at some recent op-eds by Andy Kessler and Richard Galant. They point to the accessibility of information via the Internet and the recent advances in online instruction and adaptive learning as harbingers of teacher obsolescence. These assertions are alarming to those who advocate the importance of teachers‚ like Diane Ravitch and Wendy Kopp. They point to a strong
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Michael Dell Taking The Direct Approach October 9‚ 2008 2. URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197566 Michael Dell Founder of Dell Computer Corp. Founded: 1984 "You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream."-Michael Dell Michael Dell wasn’t the
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a world today‚ run almost entirely through technology‚ it is hard to imagine a time without the personal computer. In fact today’s generation grew up alongside modern technology‚ never knowing a world without laptops or the internet or smartphones. In order to fully appreciate the modern technology available to us every day‚ it is important to first gain knowledge of the history of personal computers and the long journey it’s taken in order to reach the height of technology the world operates on
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