Type of Computer

Least powerful

Most powerful

Personal Computer
Workstation
Minicomputer
Mainframes
Supercomputer

Personal Computer (PC)

PC computer designed for general

use by a single person.

PC were first known

asmicrocomputers.

Because they were a complete

computer but built on a smaller
scale than the huge systems in
use by most businesses.

Laptop
PDA

Tablet

Few type of PCs:

Desktop Computer

Laptop Computer

Netbook

PDA/Tablet

Netbook

Desktop

Workstation
Another

type of computer is a workstation.

A workstation

is simply a desktop computer that has a

more powerful processor.

Additional

memory and enhanced capabilities for

performing a special group of task, such as3D
graphics or game development.

Workstation

Minicomputer
A

minicomputer, a term no longer much used, is acomputerof a

size intermediate between aworkstationand amainframe.

Minicomputers

have been stand-alone computers (computer

systems with attached terminals and other devices) sold to
small and mid-size businesses for general business applications
and to large enterprises for department-level operations.

In

recent years, the minicomputer has evolved into the "midrange server" and is part of a network.

usually

drives.

have powerful processors, lots of memory and large hard

Minicomputer (1970s)

Recent Minicomputer (Mid-range SERVER)

Mainframe computer

A very large and expensivecomputercapable of supporting

hundreds, or even thousands, of users simultaneously.

Used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations

(Banks) for critical applications, big data processing, industry
and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning and
transaction processing.

Mainframe Computer

Supercomputer

This type of computer usually costs hundreds of thousands or

even millions of dollars.

Although some supercomputers are single computer systems,

most are composed of multiple high performance computers
working in parallel as a single system.

Supercomputer