Cheap Desktop Computers

Cheap desktop computers have become available due to gradual technological developments, such as Apple Computer's presentation of its Apple I computer on April 1, 1976. This helped usher cheap desktop computers into the home.

IBM aided the evolution of cheap desktop computers, with its "personal computer" (PC) featured on August 12, 1981. This computer was run by PC DOS 1.0 software, 16 kilobytes of memory and had speeds of 4.77 megahertz - all for a price tag of $1,565.

The 1984 Apple Macintosh was marketed to compete with the IBM desktop computer. The Macintosh was equipped with Mac OS 1.0 software, 128 kilobytes of memory and 8 megahertz - costing $2,495.

Competition drove technological improvements which drove the price lower. Once desktop computers were affordable with attractive software - games, wordprocessing and graphics - the home consumer purchased the computers in droves. Success encouraged ancillary firms to sell affordable computer products, multiplying options.

A steady progression, of media storage devices from floppy diskettes to CD-ROMs to DVD players, reduced costs while increasing selections. Intel and AMD competition increased computer speeds - multiplying performance exponentially - while reducing the cost. Cheap desktop computers are plentiful, due to improved units - motherboards, graphics cards and sound cards - produced more efficiently.

Nowadays, consumers can purchase highpowered desktop computer with the latest Microsoft Windows software and 2 gigabytes of memory running at 3.3 gigahertz for prices close to the first IBM PC and Apple Macintosh.

There are plenty of cheap desktop computers to choose from.

The intelligent consumer concentrates on the function that his desktop computer will serve - gaming, wordprocessing or entertainment - and includes the features that will optimize his experience.

There are many options for desktop computers that will give you performance that will "blow the earliest PCs out of the water."