Why do you call it a PC?

IBM was the first company to term the acronym "PC" for a personal computer back in 1980. Prior to that the phrase "personal computer" had been used in varying forms since 1963. The concept of a computer being small enough to actually fit on a desktop prior to this was an outstanding feat so it was a very big deal that a computer was marketed as "personal" Some of us may remember the days when a computer needed an entire room to itself to function! Using the term PC just became commonplace for anyone referring to a personal sized unit as opposed to a large server. Here's a bit more info into the history of the term (provided by Wikipedia):

One early use of the term "personal computer" appeared in a November 3, 1962, New York Times article reporting John W. Mauchly's vision of future computing as detailed at a recent meeting of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers. Mauchly stated, "There is no reason to suppose the average boy or girl cannot be master of a personal computer."

Six years later a manufacturer took a risk at referring to their product this way when Hewlett Packard advertised their "Powerful Computing Genie" as "The New Hewlett Packard 9100A personal computer".

During the next seven years the phrase had gained usage so when Byte magazine, published its first edition it referred to its readers as being in the "personal computing field", while Creative Computing defined the personal computer as a "non-(time)shared system containing sufficient processing power and storage capabilities to satisfy the needs of an individual user." Two years later when the 1977 Trinity of preassembled small computers hit the markets, the Apple II and the PET 2001 were advertised as personal computers, while the TRS-80 was a microcomputer used for household tasks including "personal financial management". By 1979 over half a million microcomputers were sold and the youth of the day had a new concept of the personal computer.

On January 3 1983, the Personal Computer was the first non-human to be announced as Person of the Year by Time Magazine, in 1982.

The initialism PC may refer generically to a personal computer, or may be intended to refer to one of the original IBM PC compatible computers, or may refer to a Microsoft Windows computer currently available.

Personal Computer.

PC to differentiate from mac, but I say I have an x64 PC most of the time, because I use a 64 bit OS.

back in the time when the first computers were invented, they were just too BIG, as soon as they were able to place it into a desk without a hazard the "made" it personal!!! Personal Computer!!

Personal Computer.........

Personal Computer.

Or if you have Vista..... "Piece of Crap" :-)

pretty case, cos I decorated mine, lol.

Just being sarcastic.