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They wouldn't be PCs if they aren't on x86, just call them computers.
by treyd 3y ago
They wouldn't be PCs if they aren't on x86, just call them computers.
- monooso 3y agoPC is an abbreviation of Personal Computer. The processor is irrelevant.
- hulitu 3y ago> PC is an abbreviation of Personal Computer. The processor is irrelevant. The processor (mostly) is. The architecture, not so.
- monooso 3y agoDictionaries disagree [1] > A personal computer is a computer that is used by one person at a time in a business, a school, or at home. The abbreviation PC is also used. [1] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/personal-computer https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/persona...
- Retr0id 3y agoEven x86 PCs have long since dropped any pretenses of having native back-compat with the legacy "IBM PC" platform.
- treyd 3y agoIt's still very possible to install classic real mode PC OSes on modern hardware.
- Retr0id 3y agoNope! Modern systems don't ship with BIOS CSMs anymore, and won't even let you boot 32-bit applications let alone 16. Intel also wants to drop real mode entirely https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisioning-future-simplified-architecture.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...
- lambdas 3y agoThere were lots of devices called “Portable Computers” before x86 and there’ll be lots after.