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The PC was created in response to the limitations of MainFrame and [MiniComputer]s which were historically used by many people at the same time but cost millions of dollars. The first IBM PC on the other hand only cost about $10,000.
The first IBM PC was a powerful beast. It had all of 256 [KiloByte]s of [RAM], two 5.25" 320KB floppy disks, and a monocrome monitor that could only display text.
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+There also exists a ["Hamilton Computer Club"|http://www.hamiltoncomputerclub.co.nz/] which meet on the second Wednesday of each month. They mostly deal with MicrosoftWindows (IE 90% of their meetings deal with viruses, spyware, and defragging your harddrive), although BruceKingsbury and RoderickAldridge have managed to infiltrate their meetings and are in the process of introducing them to FreeSoftware via [GnuWinII] and [TheOpenCD] collections.
