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Well given that mini computers don't exist anymore and mainframes barely it don't think microcomputer makes sense.
by msh 4y ago
Well given that mini computers don't exist anymore and mainframes barely it don't think microcomputer makes sense.
- jbverschoor 4y agoThat's like saying that a calling a steamengine a steamengine doesn't make sense anymore, because they don't really exist anymore.
- msh 4y agoNo, micro is relative to mini. Steam is how it does what it does.
- stormbrew 4y agoI think the tricky thing here is that what used to be called a microcomputer (or apparently a home computer, though that's new to me) is kind of making a comeback (with things like the Pi 400 and some various efforts at building new all-but-the-screen-in-one portable-ish computers in the image of the c64 or spectrum or appleII) and they really ought to be distinguished from what we now call a PC (or laptop, for that matter). But it would be confusing to repurpose minicomputer for it, given that microcomputer is a term still used to some extent, and is more present in most people's memory.