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Monday, December 31, 2012

Microcomputers,Characteristics of Microcomputers

The word microcomputer means “small computer”. Since microcomputers originally designed for personal use they are also refereed to as personal computer or PCs. Due to advances in hardware technology,powerful PCs have been developed since the 1980s. The essential characteristics of these microcomputers are:


  • Small size and low cost
  • One user
  • Easy to use
  • Low computing power
  • Commonly used for personal application

There are different types of microcomputers. The popular versions are the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh. Programs written for IBM PCs cannot run on Apple Macintosh, and vice versa, because they use different operating systems.




 IBM Microcomputers

Apple Macintosh Computer