Project 1 ~ PCs

The PC was a technological boom at the past. It is, in reality, Simon that was considered the first PC defenition but it was never really popular since it was only an experimental machine. It was, however, the release of IBM PC that the word “personal computer” hitted the mind of the mob. Its release was so successful and so revolutionary and the timing of its release, the release of the floppy disk ten years ago, and the boom of the microprocessors were perfect. It featured the revolutionary operating system which people really took interest off. People really needed and most importantly, really wanted a personal computer to be incorporated at their homes at that time.


Having a PC was, back then, a status symbol, a sign of wellness in life and only the abled ones were the ones to get a hold of it. People had their eye on it from the very news date that the first “Personalized PC” to be launched. Who wouldn’t have want one any way? Back then only few would have imagined that you could own those computing machines that only used to exist in their workplaces and was too expensive to be able to incorporate it in their homes. True that there are existing computers in their time but none that isn’t too bulky and none that you can really bring home. People back then really wanted and dreamed of what we already call, Personal Computers.


At first, there was no way for normal people to really buy the PCs even if they wanted to. Early PCs usually costed from $700 to $3000 dollars a package(take note that the equivalence of each dollar today may be 1 dollar then is to 3 dollars now.) with the early ones not really being as useful because the required technical skill for the user to have to be able to operate on these. It was usually the business people, the schools, and the money-able people, the programmers who only owns this stuff.


The thing that made the PC become so popular and bought of the market is because, people liked it and needed it. It was the time of many technological advances and people knew, that tasks will be harder from then on manually. It was the era of computing and people really needed help in that area. That’s when people thought about a machine wherein they could do whatever they needed to do. There were computing applications, CADs, CASE tools, office applications and a lot more. People embraced the PC because of this and many investors saw more possibilities on this device as well. The PC could do many things and the people and the investors loved it for that.


One of the areas that the investors saw that was booming at that time was the gaming industry. The gaming industry was at boom and what would be better than supporting an already useful, powerful tool of computing and incorporate entertainment in it, incorporate more usefulness than what it already has? With the use of the already available GUI and taking advantage of the computing power of the PC, incorporating games was possible. The PC was incorporated with games and people loves games especially in their PCs.


Another factor of the boom of PC was networking and the Internet. There was no other way for people to be able to access the Internet than their PCs. It was their gateway to the online world. The internet was so successful because it is so useful to both business people and ordinary people. It was a means of transfer of information without having the need for phxysical presence. The network/internet made the PC more needed by the users and the business people.


In conclusion, I believe that the very reason why the PC became so popular and so in demand such that it reaches the point to where a PC is a common household appliance is because a people saw a lot of possibilities along with it. It was a great help to everyone and adults, tennagers, children, wanted it and desires for it. Thus, the business people liked it too and finds ways to continue to make it better. PC is so popular because of the support it from so many areas. It became popular to kids because of the support of the gaming industry, to adults and teens because of the Internet and school/office applications and a lot more.