053《经济学家》读译参考之五十三PC之梦－个人电脑问世25周年纪念.docVIP

TEXT 53 The dream of the personal computer PC之梦（陈继龙 编译） Jul 27th 2006 From The Economist print edition NOT many 25-year-olds can reasonably claim to have changed the world. The IBM personal computer, which was launched in 1981 and celebrates its 25th birthday in August, is a rare e_______①. Other personal computers had been launched before; but it was the IBM PC that ended up defining the standard around which a vast new industry then coalesced[1]. IBM, the titan of the computing world at the time, quickly lost control of its own creation, allowing others to reap the benefits.（1） But leave asi