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To-do list for Personal computer: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2014-02-25 Need some clarification of the two adjacent, apparently contradictory, sentences (in 'History'): ...Commodore 64, totaled 17 million units sold, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time.[7][8] Another such computer, the NEC PC-98, sold more than 18 million units.[9] Reorganize article and remove most of the "x86 PC enthusiast" geared text that is inappropriate for an article about PCs in general. Add a well-written section talking about the dominance of various platforms and operating systems over the years. From individual proprietary systems on through the IBM PC and the DOSes, Apple's hardware, OS/2, Windows, etc. The "Non-IBM PCs" section can be nixed and incorporated here. Refer to the Computing Time-line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_timeline_1950-1979 while discussing the dominance of the various platforms. Improve the pictures used by the article. Pictures of peoples' PC desks are terrible; try to replace them with informative diagrams. Need pictures for the history section to show the hardware and software evolution of PCs. Add DVD/CD-ROM peripheral section and other possible important peripherals like DSL/Wireless/Cable modems, Web Cam and Memory Stick readers. Macs are generally not considered PCs anymore. Although technically they are, in popular culture they are not. Even the Mac commercials include "Hi I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC." This article is about cola beverages, not Coke vs. Pepsi. What about polish invention - K-202? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-202 "The K-202 was capable of running one million operations per second, which was far more than similar computers of the time could manage, and faster than PCs built ten years later" Not a personal computer. Maybe the Incoterm series of computers (or intelligent terminals) dating back in 1972 is worth mentioning. As far as I understand there were all sorts of programs for these units, even games. http://www.datormuseum.se/peripherals/terminals/incoterm-spd-20-20 the HeathKit computers should be mentioned in the early history section: Heath H-8, H-89, and H-11 were very popular for a time, and were used not only in homes and schools but also in university labs in the early 1980s. See the Heath entry in Wikipedia.

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Some pictures need to go

Some pictures are a bit old and dont show the proper modern example of their respective group, for example the LG G4 picture used for the ultra phone section, is about 10 years old and considering LG stopped their phone line a few years ago, it's very outdated. Amriefs (talk) 15:04, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Modern era is since mid-1400s, so all computers (apart from ancient special-purpose such as antikythera mechanism) are modern; maybe what you mean is 'recent'/'current', but I don't consider it important for this article to have photographs of the latest phone PCs, as only a small percentage of people get the latest ones. If recent ones don't look that different, an old photograph suffices, but feel free to upload something more current.--dchmelik☀️🦉🐝🐍(talk|contrib) 13:34, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No objection to updates but I'm not sure a picture of a smartphone is the right choice for a section about pocket PCs. Though they offer a superset of pocket PC functionality, I'm not sure most people think of a smartphone as a type of personal computer. ~Kvng (talk) 15:58, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Science Writing

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watch PCs

Watch PCs (inaccurate/marketing term 'smartwatch') should be listed in this... even some of the first (in that article) came with external keyboards, which of course could still be used with most/all current ones if you had access to programs or account (administrator/root) that could use a keyboard (or for repair/setup/installation).--dchmelik☀️🦉🐝🐍(talk|contrib) 03:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PCM joke

for some reason when you view the article before clicking, it will read "a Personal Child Molester, often referred as a PCM" UrbanWikiSufer (talk) 17:23, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was WP:VANDALISM. It's already been cleaned up. See Special:History/Personal computer. — Chrisahn (talk) 06:20, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Development

This article would be enhanced by the addition of more description about the development of personal computer hardware and software throughout the decades. Adding some of the most important milestones in PC creation and how they impacted society would be worthwhile as background information. Defining technical language and adding citations to a credible source would enhance the credibility and reader comprehension of this article. Dchu43 (talk) 03:56, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]