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> PC originally meant "IBM PC desktop clone". You're misremembering history. It eventually evolved into that, yes. Apple didn't really buy into that until the
by wumpus 5y ago
> PC originally meant "IBM PC desktop clone".
You're misremembering history. It eventually evolved into that, yes.
Apple didn't really buy into that until the "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoAnd even then they still used the PowerPC chips and branding.
- wumpus 5y agoYep! Never thought about it that way, but indeed, PowerPC was a smaller not-server chip intended for personal computers.