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 today. From the first machine that took up the space of a
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Some people think that computers are some kind of foreign technology‚ and are impossible to fix or build. I used to think the same thing until I built my own computer about a year ago. Building a computer is easy‚ fun‚ and it saves you a lot of money. Building a computer is becoming much more popular than buying prebuilt computers‚ because of all the benefits that it brings with it. Before starting you need a few things‚ these include: a case‚ motherboard‚ CPU(central processing unit)‚ windows 7
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a simple concept which is made to order computer. The computer was to be direct sales to consumer. Dell maximized his profits by bypassing distribution and retailers. Although has product was sold by retailer he soon took product out of the stores and continue to focus on direct sales.Initialy Dell started selling computers by mail and phone order then until 1994 when he started a website to sell his computer. At this point dell became the first computer company to have a website; By 1996the website
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The Development of Personal Computers The history of the computer goes back hundreds of years. From the abacus through the modern era the evolution of computers has involved many innovative individuals. It was out of this desire to innovate many fascinating tabulating machines developed. The modern computer‚ therefore‚ evolved from an amalgamation of the genius of many individuals over a long period of history. Many people shaped the world by making the efforts to develop technology.
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* 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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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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Intel Question 1: Discuss how Intel changed ingredient-marketing history. What did it do so well in those initial marketing campaigns? During 1980s‚ Intel had developed the chips which set for personal computing which were known simply by their engineering numbers‚ such as “80386” or “80486” and then developing a series of product improvements. Competitors of Intel rapidly adopted the same naming convention and Intel had facing a problem to distinguish them. Therefore‚ Intel’s product names “286”
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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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SOME FIRST COMPUTER MODELS Babbage’s Analytical Engine In 1832‚ an English inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage was commissioned by the British government to develop a system for calculating the rise and fall of the tides. Babbage designed a device and called it an analytical engine. It was the first programmable computer‚ complete with punched cards for data input. Babbage gave the engine the ability to perform different types of mathematical operations. The machine was not confined to
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As you have discovered‚ there are a variety of computers available‚ from the smallest computer in a domestic device to the supercomputers used in industry. Despite the different uses of computers‚ they all have basics elements in common- each computer system involves hardware‚ software‚ data‚ & users. Think about the role of each component of your home or work computer. How do the components of your computer system interact within the system? What improvements or additions to your system do you think
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