savvytechno

"The first generations of personal microcomputers were usually sold as kits or merely instructions, and required a somewhat skilled person to assemble and operate them. These were usually called microcomputers or desktop computers, but the name ""personal computer"" was also used. Later generations were sometimes interchangeably called by the names ""home computer"" and ""personal computer."" By the mid-1980s, ""home computer"" was becoming a less common label in favor of ""personal computer."" These computers were pre-assembled and required little technical knowledge to operate.

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