Question: When were personal computers first sold to the public?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: When was a programmable calculated which was called a personal computer first sold to the public?
When were pre-assembled small computers first sold to the public?
answer: 1968
1977
question: When was the first product marketed to the public as a personal computer?
When were the first actual personal computers first sold as kits to the public?
When were the first pre-assembled personal computers first sold to the public?
answer: 1968
1975
1977
Natural Questions answer: 1976 (from the Wikipedia article "Home computer")