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Chapter 4 Managerial Overview: Computer Hardware V. LECTURE NOTES SECTION 1: Computer Systems: End User and Enterprise Computing 4-1 Trends in Computer Systems: [Figure 4.2] There are several major categories of computer systems with a variety of characteristics and capabilities. Thus, computer systems are typically classified as: 1. Mainframe computers 2. Midrange computers 3. Microcomputers These categories are attempts to describe the relative computing power provided by different computing platforms, or types of computers therefore, they are not precise classifications. Some experts pr