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   From: csma@mac.com   
      
   Timberwoof  wrote:   
      
   > > http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/02/11/cx_jp_0211polldujour.html   
   >   
   > "IBM introduced the original personal computer back in 1981" shows you how   
   > much Forbes knows about personal computers. Apple did that several years   
   earlier.   
   > The  Osborne One and a herd of others existed years before the Personal   
   Computer.   
      
   yeah, i always hate the way they phrase that, but they are going off the   
   marketing term, which i believe did start with IBM. The charlie chaplain   
   commercials and all that rot... apple later had the term "the most   
   personal computer", but before IBM it was just apple ][, osborne 1,   
   commodore pet, etc...   
      
   some interesting reading is here...   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer   
      
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