The Invention of the Personal Computer

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This paper makes the assertion that IBM's invention of the PC served as a powerful catalyst that has ultimately forced us to reexamine age-old perceptions and to look at life in an entirely different way. It looks at how the PC allows us to do things that are totally taken for granted these days - email, internet banking, shopping online etc.
Introduction
The Marriage of the Internet with PCs
E-Commerce and Shopping Online
E-Mail vs. Snail Mail, Etc.
Pounding the Virtual Pavement
Banking in Cyberspace
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"One of the most dramatic and incredible developments to take place with regard to IBM's introduction of its PC and the evolution of the Internet, is the advent of e-mail (electronic mail). Before e-mail, when you wanted to communicate with someone, there were basically four ways - by telephone, by cellular phone, by fax machine and by U.S. Postal Service, etc."

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