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. This contrasted with the batch processing or time-sharing models which allowed larger, more expensive minicomputer and mainframe systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time.
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Angel/Devil: Is Borderlands 3 worth a trip to the Epic Games Store?
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Microsoft brings Halo to Steam, pigs fly
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These are the coolest things we reviewed in 2018
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Day 13 of TNW’s Advent Deals: Sonos, HP, and 23andMe
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Comparison: Is Astro's A50 gaming headset worth $200 more than Logitech's G433?
Perhaps the best part about Logitech, these days, is the number of products on offer at differing price points. After the ...
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South Korea's lost generation of gamers offer a preview of what's to come
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The inevitable 'PC Classic' joins the retro console rat race
Okay, this is just getting silly now. The retro console craze is still in full swing, with ever-more obscure mini-devices ...
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Razer's second gaming phone will struggle to find anything more than a niche
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Cryptocurrency enthusiasts can now earn Bitcoin with just a laptop GPU
While the hardcore miners rack up thousands in electric bills and hardware costs, more casual miners can devote spare resources ...
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Apple's updated MacBook Pros are a long-awaited step in the right direction
It's time to give credit where it's due. Today's MacBook Pro announcement, for the first time in years, made me excited again ...
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Sony's lonely approach to console gaming is pissing everyone off
Where money and pleading won't work, the gaming industry appears to be trying passive aggression to convince Sony to open ...
