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Lots of Apple’s print ads in the 70s used the term Personal Computer: http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/1977IntroAppleII2.jpg http://www.macmothersh
by Udo_Schmitz 5y ago
Lots of Apple’s print ads in the 70s used the term Personal Computer:
http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/1977IntroAppleII2.jpg http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/1977IntroApple...
http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/AisFor1.jpg http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/AisFor1.jpg
http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/ad24.jpg http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/ad24.jpg
- rsfinn 5y agoSure; I don't disagree (and perhaps my previous post was less clear about this) that "personal computer" was definitely in common use, particular in advertising aimed at "regular consumers" rather than hobbyists, and well before the IBM PC. I do disagree with the suggestion that the initialism "PC" was understood to mean "personal computer" in general before the release of the IBM PC. If that's overly pedantic, well, I'm a computer nerd; what can I say...
- Udo_Schmitz 5y agoOh, OK, I think you’re right there.