personal computing

COMPARED with IBM, Microsoft is a mere stripling. Founded in 1975, it rose swiftly to dominate the world of personal computing with its Windows operating system and Office suite of word-processing and other productivity tools.

与IBM相比，微软还只是个年轻人。成立于1975年的微软因其Windows操作系统和包括文字处理及其他生产工具的Office系列迅速崛起并主导个人电脑世界。

First, personal computing, as represented by Intel and Microsoft ( 1993 and 1999 respectively).

首先是以由英特尔（Intel）和微软（Microsoft）为代表的个人计算机行业，两家公司分别在1993年和1999年上榜。

It is an interesting historical moment for the two founding companies of the personal computing revolution.

对于奠定个人电脑革命基础的两家公司而言，当前是一个有趣的历史性时刻。

In the beginning of the personal digital revolution, Microsoft's operating systems were the dominant platforms for personal computing.

在个人数字革命之初，微软的操作系统是个人电脑平台中的主导者。

But the chemical engineer who turned Intel from a brilliant science project into the first industrial giant of the personal computing era has long been guaranteed a revered place in Silicon Valley lore.

但这位化学工程师让英特尔（Intel）从一个卓越的科学项目转变为个人计算机时代的首个行业巨头，一直在硅谷传说中享有尊崇地位。

The next step in personal computing will probably be do-it-yourself cartoons.

使用个人用计算机的下一步可能是你自己制作动画片.

The smartphone revolutionized personal computing, creating a computer that most of us have within arm's reach 24 hours a day.

智能手机使个人计算发生了革命性变化，创造了一种大多数人全天24小时触手可及的电脑。

Apple will be hoping that when customers try the iPad it really does feel like a quantum leap in personal computing.

苹果希望，消费者在试用ipad时，会感觉它用起来确实就像个人电脑上的一个巨大突破。

After two decades of plodding developments in personal computing, a host of new platforms has cropped up, many within the past six months of2009.

在经历个人计算领域20多年的缓慢发展之后，大量新平台浮出了水面，其中许多都是在2009年的后半年诞生的。

The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Club, Which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s.

个人计算机革命以及硅谷的颠覆性创新理念在一定程度上源自自制计算机俱乐部的创立。20世纪70年代中期，这家俱乐部成立于加利福尼亚州门洛帕克的一个车库中。

In1984, Apple released the Macintosh, a pioneering device with a graphic interface that opened personal computing to the general public.

1984年，苹果公司推出“麦金塔”个人电脑，首创图形界面电脑，从此开启了个人电脑的大众化时代。