Computers have come a long way since winning Man of the Year for Time Magazine in 1982. For the common person in today's modern world, the computer is as regular as a weekday, its nothing new. But to the eyes of many in the 80's it wasnt everyday you see something as unique as the computer. No one expected the computer to get so much rave, but 1982 was it's year.
When the computer started to become so popular there were many different claims of what it could mdo. Some thought it could diagnose a sick poodle, or send messages at the speed of light, or even test beer recipes. The big question was could it do all these amazing things. The people of the year 1982, which was very busy yar, would soon know.
Many large businessess would be the first to discover the like of the computer. These computer's came wtih disc drives, floppy disc, and any other accessories the PC needed. "Americans are receptive to the revolution and optimistic about its impact. Anew poll* for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly and White idicates that nearly 80% of Americans expect that in the fairly near future, home compiuters will be a commonplace as television sets or dishwashers,"Time Magazine. Boy were they right! There are over a million families with personal computers today.
Another question was would the PC make life easier for people. And I have this to say, if the first digital computer made arould the ending of WWII made life easier for our nations protector, one would think thatan advanced revolutionary thing such as the PC would do the same for thousands in 1982.
Ohhh, but there were some non-belivers. Although the children were convinced easily because of the fancy computer games, not so many adults were. They needed proof, and they got it. For example former Defensive End of the Kansas City Chiefs who was a furniture salesman at the time wasn't convinced until his family took a vote on either a vacation or a PC. The PC won. "I would ask the computer to pull up the accounts in a certain zip-code area, or if i wanted all the customers who were interested in whole office systems, I could pull that up too" said Brown. His Business revenue doubled and I'm sure he's happy the PC won that family vote.
For lawyers who had to drive two hours to work each day, could set up their practice at home with the help of the PC. So if you're asking did it make life easier, then surely the answer is yes. With more advanced technology today, the PC is like the weekdays, always there. The Man of the Year ladies and gentlemen, The Computer. "APPLAUD HIM"
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Computers have came a long way since winning Man of the Year for Time Magazine in 1982. For the common person in today’s modern world, the computer is as regular as a weekday, its nothing new. But to the eyes of many in the 80’s it wasn’t everyday you see something as unique as the computer. No one knew expected the computer to get so much rave, but 1982 was it’s year.
ReplyDeleteWhen the computer started to become so popular there were many different claims of what it could do. Some thought it could diagnose a sick poodle, or send messages at the speed of light, or even test recipes for beer. The big question was could it do all these amazing things. The people of the year 1982, which was a very busy year, would soon know.
Many large businesses would be the first to discover the like of the computer. These computer’s came disc drives, floppy disc, and any other accessories the PC needed. “Americans are receptive to the revolution and optimistic about its impact. A new poll* for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly and White indicates that nearly 80% of Americans expect that in the fairly near future, home computers will be a commonplace as television sets or dishwashers,” Time Magazine. Boy were they right! There over a million families with personal computers today.
Another question was would the PC make life easier for people. And I have this to say if the first digital computer made around the ending of WWII made life easier for our nations protector, one would think that and advance revolutionary thing such as the PC would do the same for thousands in 1982. Ohhhh, but there some non believers. Although the children were convince because of the fancy video games, not so many adults were. They needed proof, and they got it. For example former Defensive End Aaron Brown of the Kansas City Chiefs who was a furniture salesman at the time wasn’t convince until family took a vote whether to get a computer or go on vacation, the computer won. "I would ask the computer to pull up the accounts in a certain zip-code area, or if I wanted all the customers who were interested in whole office systems, I could pull that up too" said Brown.
For lawyers who had to drive two hours to work each day, could set up and office at home with their PC. So if you’re asking did it make life easier, then surely the answer is yes. With more advanced technology today, the PC is like the weekdays, always there. The Man of the past three decades, The Computer.
I appricated the education that you gave from the article. You gave good examples on what they thought about the computer at that time. I really like the example you gave on the football player very informative
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