PCs and Instruments - The Great Divide\ulcorner

During the last decade, there has been much written and said about the use of personal computers in acoustics and vibrations, both for measurement and results processing. The advances in PCs have been nothing short of phenomenal, driven by the fast moving requirements of information technology in the office environment, and these benefits has filtered into our world of acoustics, in the form of more flexible measurement tools. (omitted)