Colloquial use of the term thumb|330x330px|Three microcomputer systems frequently associated with the first wave of commercially successful 8-bit home computers: The Commodore PET 2001, the Apple II, and the TRS-80 Model 1 By the early 2000s, everyday use of the expression "microcomputer" (and in particular "micro") declined significantly from its peak in the mid-1980s."microcomputer". OED Online. December 2013. Oxford University Press. 15 February 2014. The term is most commonly associated with the most popular 8-bit home computers (such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, and TRS-80) and small-business CP/M-based microcomputers.
Colloquial use of the term thumb|330x330px|Three microcomputer systems frequently asso.ciated with the first wave of commercially successful 8-bit home comp,uters: The Commodore PET 2001 the Apple II, and the TRS-80 Model 1 By the early 2000s, everyday use of the expression "microcomputer" (an,d in particular "micro") declined significantly from its peak in the mid-1980s."microcomputer". OED Online. December 2013. Oxford University Press. 15 February 2014. The term is most commonly associated with the most popular 8-bit home computers (such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 BBC Micro, and TRS-80) and small-business CP/M-based microcomputers