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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CHEAP: Suck it, reality — Samsung’s Odyssey+ VR headset has $200 off
The world is terrible. And the best way to escape it? A VR headset. Specifically, Samsung's Odyssey+ VR headset, which is ...
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Microsoft courts Steam’s audience with Xbox Game Pass on PC
Okay, Microsoft, what bad karma are you trying to negate? The company is not only bringing several of its games to Steam, ...
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GOG relaunches Galaxy as a universal PC gaming hub
Good Old Games (GOG) has long been Steam's quirky alternative in the world PC stores, and is now putting itself in the unlikely ...
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Angel/Devil: Is Borderlands 3 worth a trip to the Epic Games Store?
2K Games revealed this week that Borderlands 3, the latest entry in the much-loved co-op shooter series, will be released ...
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Microsoft brings Halo to Steam, pigs fly
Microsoft today announced it's bringing the Halo Master Chief Collection to the PC -- and not just to its own store. Instead, ...
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These are the coolest things we reviewed in 2018
We review a lot of cool stuff at TNW. In fact, it's one of the best parts about working here -- instant access to some of ...
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Day 13 of TNW’s Advent Deals: Sonos, HP, and 23andMe
This holiday period, Plugged is running a very special advent calendar. Over the course of 12 days, we’ll be sharing a ...
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Here’s how a second-hand game market for digital copies should work
What if we did have a secondary market for digital copies of video games? How would it work, what would it look like, and ...
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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
South Korea is bending under the weight of an epidemic. In the world's most wired country, it's not opioids or hallucinogens ...
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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
Gaming phones are a strange experiment in the mobile market. I can see them being either wildly successful or abject failures ...
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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 ...
