How to Use personal computer in a Sentence

personal computer

noun
  • As long as there have been personal computers, there have been people yelling at them.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 19 June 2018
  • Smartphones and personal computers are about to get a lot smarter.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Keep your main network just for personal computers and phones.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
  • Dell made much of his fortune through his namesake firm, which sells personal computers and servers.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 June 2024
  • In the early personal computer space, cost was king.
    — ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Apple-1 was the first personal computer sold ready to use.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But an idea Lundgren had to prolong the life of personal computers could land him in prison.
    — Tom Jackman, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Half the office was working from home, running things from personal computers and cell phones.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Laptops, any type of personal computers and tablets.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But having access to it on a personal computer is also something to keep in mind.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 8 June 2021
  • Its first two games will be available on most of the major gaming consoles, as well as personal computers.
    — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • Another thing that today doesn’t look right in the movie is that nobody has a personal computer.
    — Stephen Wolfram, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Forty years ago today, a new type of personal computer was announced that would change the world forever.
    — Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Almost all of the headsets required users to be tethered to a personal computer.
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Back then, personal computers were very expensive and rare.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Such devices don’t need to be made with cutting-edge gear, unlike the key chips found in smartphones and personal computers.
    — Ian King, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2023
  • While smartphones caused the downturn in personal computers years ago, sales of smartphones themselves have now stalled.
    — Matt O'Brien, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018
  • The task is not as simple as pushing through a software update on your smartphone or personal computer.
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The dataset was so massive, a personal computer simply couldn’t process it; the reporting team had to run its analyses on the cloud.
    — Brooke Stephenson, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Millen said he was inspired to make sure lacking a personal computer was never the reason a student had to abandon school.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024
  • The state, for example, capped the prices of clothes and personal computers that were covered in the back-to-school tax holiday.
    — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The device promises patients the ability to control the mouse of their personal computer and use it to click.
    — Wired, 3 Aug. 2022

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