• Need some clarification of the two adjacent, apparently contradictory, sentences (in 'History'): ...Commodore 64, totaled 17 million units sold, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time.[7][8] Another such computer, the NEC PC-98, sold more than 18 million units.[9]
  • Reorganize article and remove most of the "x86 PC enthusiast" geared text that is inappropriate for an article about PCs in general.
  • Add a well-written section talking about the dominance of various platforms and operating systems over the years. From individual proprietary systems on through the IBM PC and the DOSes, Apple's hardware, OS/2, Windows, etc. The "Non-IBM PCs" section can be nixed and incorporated here.
  • Refer to the Computing Time-line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_timeline_1950-1979 while discussing the dominance of the various platforms.
  • Improve the pictures used by the article. Pictures of peoples' PC desks are terrible; try to replace them with informative diagrams. Need pictures for the history section to show the hardware and software evolution of PCs.
  • Add DVD/CD-ROM peripheral section and other possible important peripherals like DSL/Wireless/Cable modems, Web Cam and Memory Stick readers.
  • Macs are generally not considered PCs anymore. Although technically they are, in popular culture they are not. Even the Mac commercials include "Hi I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC." This article is about cola beverages, not Coke vs. Pepsi.
  • What about polish invention - K-202? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-202 "The K-202 was capable of running one million operations per second, which was far more than similar computers of the time could manage, and faster than PCs built ten years later" Not a personal computer.
  • Maybe the Incoterm series of computers (or intelligent terminals) dating back in 1972 is worth mentioning. As far as I understand there were all sorts of programs for these units, even games. http://www.datormuseum.se/peripherals/terminals/incoterm-spd-20-20
  • the HeathKit computers should be mentioned in the early history section: Heath H-8, H-89, and H-11 were very popular for a time, and were used not only in homes and schools but also in university labs in the early 1980s. See the Heath entry in Wikipedia.

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