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> The Xerox Alto, widely recognized as the first modern personal computer It it wasn't available for personal use, this is a delusional claim. Maybe the first
by smegel 9y ago
> The Xerox Alto, widely recognized as the first modern personal computer
It it wasn't available for personal use, this is a delusional claim. Maybe the first prototype of a personal computer. But that's all it was - a (impressive) technical prototype.
- undersuit 9y agoI guess if the nit-picking is to stand my work computer isn't a PC either.
- walshemj 9y agowell they where meant for personal use as I understand it
- sctb 9y agoGood heavens, I'm a bit astounded by this dismissal. I think it's fair to say that you can simply consider yourself not covered by “widely recognized” rather than drop supercilious nit-picks here and we'd all be better for it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html