However, a home computer often had better graphics and sound than contemporary business computers.
The European market for business personal computers expanded by more than 30 percent in 1988, and this year it probably will again.
But sales of business computers and electronic components have been extremely weak.
These include the recently announced Application System 400, a line of business computers.
Texas Instruments has also not had a successful business computer.
By 2004, all of its business computers will be designed around Intel's new processor family.
The awards reflected the growing perception of the Macintosh as a business computer.
It is by no stretch of the imagination a business computer, however.
Despite the name, it is a successor to the earlier business computer released by the company, the FM-8.
So, you've established that your home computer is really a business computer.