[[Image:Amstrad Mega.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The '''Amstrad Mega PC''' - Built in Sega games console]]
[[File:Amstrad-UK-advertisement-1994.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Amstrad PCs advertised in 1994]]
Those cheap IBM compatible PCs allowed the professionnal [[PC]] standard to enter many houses as a Home computer. The first and best known is the Amstrad PC1512 (and its upgraded version the PC1640).