This article is about the British computer magazine. For the unrelated U.S. magazine, see PC World. For the unrelated British retailer, see PC World (retailer).
Personal Computer World
Personal Computer World' 'new look' issue from November 2005
Frequency
Monthly
First issue
February 1978
Final issue
June 2009
Country
United Kingdom
Based in
London
ISSN
0142-0232
Personal Computer World (PCW) (February 1978 - June 2009) was the first British computer magazine.
Although for at least the last decade it contained a high proportion of Windows PC content (reflecting the state of the IT field), the magazine's title was not intended as a specific reference to this. At its inception in 1978 'personal computer' was still a generic term (the Apple II, PET 2001 and TRS-80 had been launched as personal computers in 1977.[1][2]) The magazine came out before the Wintel (or IBM PC compatible) platform existed; the original IBM PC itself was introduced in 1981. Similarly, the magazine was unrelated to the Amstrad PCW.
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^Wozniak, Steve (May 1977). "System Description / The Apple-II". BYTE. pp. 34–43. Retrieved October 17, 2013. To me, a personal computer should be small, reliable, convenient to use and inexpensive
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