The phrase "actual computer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to distinguish between a real physical computer and other forms of computing devices or virtual environments.
Example: "While I appreciate the capabilities of my tablet, I still prefer using an actual computer for programming tasks."
Alternatives: "real computer" or "physical computer".
They all make the PS4 more like an actual computer, and less like a console from the early era of modern computing, which is what PlayStation's UX has always felt like to me.
But it's far more useful to have your transcripts on the actual computer.
The evolution of computer programming has been largely independent of actual computer evolution.
But still, using a search engine from an actual computer is way better than from your phone.
WikiLeaks redacted the actual computer code for C.I.A. exploits from its initial release to avoid spreading such cyberweapons.
Recommendations are presented on the design and operation of an apparatus intended to simulate actual computer installation conditions.
The gap is not unlike that between the abstract theory of computers and the basic properties of actual computers.
That you can use it at home as your main PC is only the first indication that Microsoft intends for this tablet to go head-to-head with actual computers.
And so only the casinos were allowed to offer online games, although they could partner with tech companies; the actual computers allowing the gambling would have to be housed in the casinos.
Yet animation was only a minor segment of the computer division at Lucasfilm; a more sizable chunk was devoted to hardware — actual computers, including the Pixar Imaging Computer, an unlovely gray block that might, it was hoped, be of use in medical research.
Going down the global humanitarian rabbit hole, Superbook offers a solution to workers in developing countries who have mobile devices, but little access to actual computers.
