[TomGuy]

the computer appears to be one of the first available to the public in the '70s.

Desktop computers were not readily available until the early 80s. They were costly. It wasn't until South Korea started flooding the US market in the late 80s with desktops that the prices became more affordable.

The first desktop that I ever used was at work. Dept Head bought a TRS-80 Model II. No one would touch it, because they were scared of it. I took the technical reference manual home every night to try to figure the dang thang out. There was no such thing as training classes or owner's/operator's manual. The unit, with 2 floppy drives and an 8-1/2 x 11 inch dot matrix printer, cost around $7,000.

[thackney]

Desktop computers were not readily available until the early 80s.

The Apple II was sold in 1977. Apple I was before that but so few were sold it isn't a fair comparison.

[Tenacious 1]

Our first household computer was a Commodore 64. That was before windows. You had to learn DOS to Run:/ stuff.

[skinkinthegrass]

Oh!.. Yeah!..we called it, the "Trash 80"...
it had numerous power chords

[gitmo]

I used to support quite a few businesses that used Mod IIs. Each one had a distinctive sound when those 8” floppies kicked in.