I have read a line (it might have been Steve Wozniak, or perhaps even Paul Graham, I forget) but it said that, when the idea of 'Personal Computer' was mentione

I have read a line (it might have been Steve Wozniak, or perhaps even Paul Graham, I forget) but it said that, when the idea of 'Personal Computer' was mentioned, it was audacious, like saying 'Personal Satellite' now. When the term PC was coined, computers were fridge sized horrifically expensive things that ran in research institutions and very large companies. The idea of having your own was...crazy. It is weird how the name has come to mean something based on the Wintel nexus, but that's marketing and differentiation for you.