Thursday, January 21, 2010
Review of Time's 1982 Person of the Year
....From then to now computers have hit the world by storm. From the first computers ever made to the new computers still coming out til this day computers have always been a must have. In 1980 some two dozen computer company's sold 724,000 personal computers for $1.8 billion dollars. That was in 1980. Now look at 2010 that number alone has probably doubled if not tripled yet. By 1982 computers were entering job offices, class rooms, and houses all around America. Now look at today's time you can not find a place with out a computer. It was stated perfectly in 1982 " In a larger perspective, the entire world will never be the same". For example the industrialized nations of the West 1982 sales: 435,000 in Japan, 392,000 in Western Europe. As you can see computers were sailing all around the world. This also stated in the article saying "Looking ahead, the computer industry sees pure gold". these are some of the figures from 1982, there are 83 million U.S. homes with TV sets, 54 million white-collar workers, 26 million professionals, 4 million small businesses. It was estimated that for the number of personal computers in use by the end of the century run as high as 80 million. Stated perfectly by a news writer in 1982 "The surface is barely scratched," says Ulric Weil, an analyst for Morgan Stanley. And he was exactly right computers have been on the rise rapidly and coming up with newer and better features than they probably could imagine in 1982. So as the world stands today it is apparent computers are the future and affect basically every way of life that we experience. So if you think computers are good now just wait til later on they can only get better and will get better.
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I agree computers do affect every way of life that we experience.
ReplyDeleteI like how this is written. Any person who had not read this article would be correctly informed about this issue. Good job
ReplyDeletevery well written. i believe that the higher the quality on the computers the higer the price. and as far as technology goes yes computers can basically be found anywhere. there has even been a come up on the cell phones, with computer knowledge. good work.
ReplyDeleteTIME magazine really showed out when it made The Computer the person of the year. The Computer is so sufficient these days that no one can go without one. And just like you stated, computers are going to get better. I wouldn't be shocked if they created one that folded pout of your pocket and appeared in the air. The computer has come a long way and it's still being used in many different ways for many different sources.
ReplyDeleteYou almost want to think that the people at Time were psychic
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