Demand from home computer users for video, audio and high-resolution graphics has prompted PC companies to stuff more and more technology into the boxes in the past three years.
People who use computers at work tend to buy just a PC, but those who use computers at home often buy the MPC, or multi-media personal computer.
In the early days of the personal computer revolution, only businesses (and tech-heads) could reasonably afford or justify the expense of buying a computer, and even then they only wanted the bare minimum.
They were cost-conscious, budget-conscious and just plain tight.
On the whole, these users did not demand extra features - they tended to just take whatever came from the PC developers.
If it worked yesterday, it will work today. There even are businesses in Hong Kong, according to the Hongkong Bank's electronic banking Hexagon service, who still do accounts using IBM's original PC.