personal computer
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On Wednesday, Microsoft and Nvidia unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a personal computer the companies say is designed for artificial-intelligence workloads.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rosen had a hand in many of the seminal companies and events in the early years of the personal computer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Monday's announcement instead focuses on a new CPU, or central processing unit, which acts like the brain of a personal computer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The steam engine, assembly line and personal computer displaced jobs while giving life to industries no committee could foresee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Just a few years before he was born, in 1983, Time magazine did a twist on its person of the year feature and instead named the personal computer its “Machine of the Year.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
