2013/03/02Hitoshi SHIMIZU

Personal Computers

Why I chose this topicI have been interested in PCs since I was a

childI’d like to buy a new PC

History of PC1976 : the 1st micro computer(TK-80) by

NEC1977 : Apple II1981 : IBM PC1982 : PC-9800 series by NEC1991 : Windows3.0 by Microsoft

PC-9800IBM PCTK-80

Apple II

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units/ 1000sales/ 100millionunit price/ 100desktopratio

The PC I wantTV tunerLarge screenWireless mouse & keyboardMicrosoft Windows & OfficeGood AudioGood design

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BUY

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Miscellaneous TopicsMarket situation

HW / OS / Browser / Thin clients / Smart phones Moore's Law in 1965

Combination with Communication service File exchange service (Winny)

Impact on Music market Shopping on internet (Amazon / Rakuten) Blog

Mutual relation to communication speedDesktop Publishing

Wedding Newspaper My new scanner (Self-Catering)