PC

Too short of a personal computer. From 1950 until around 1980, a computer is very large and very expensive. It aims mainly to the processing of information for business and scientific applications. In 1980, a new class of computer appeared - is dedicated to the home or individual user. This was considered a computer - a personal computer. Although only his computer, IBM PC, its direct competitors - Apple II, Commodore64, Atari 800, were also PC. Over the years, computers, under MS-DOS, UNIX, LINUX, in the vernacular called PC. Apple computers are popular as Macintosh or Mac. Technically, any computer designed as a desktop computer or a laptop computer than a personal computer