On December 26, 1982, TIME awarded the "Man of the Year" award to the personal computer, calling it the "Machine of the Year". It was the first non-human to receive the award since its inception in 1927. The article was entitled, "The Computer Moves In" and described the computer as 1982's "greatest influence for good or evil". The article has stated that 80% of Americans expected that "in the fairly near future, home computers will be as commonplace as television sets or dishwashers".
