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"For the PC" is an important qualifier in my message above. I'm familiar with AppleWorks.
by ryukoposting 2y ago
"For the PC" is an important qualifier in my message above. I'm familiar with AppleWorks.
- scarface_74 2y agoFair enough. I was thinking about “PC” in the literal since not the common vernacular - x86 + Microsoft OS
- ryukoposting 2y agoThere's an interesting debate there. Here's my thesis on it: Isolating the definiton of "PC" to the IBM lineage makes it a lot easier to contextualize the historical development of home computing. Example: my TRS-80 is a microcomputer, but it is not a PC. This is a sentence that younger generations can grok. If I say "my TRS-80 is a PC but not an IBM PC-compatible" their eyes glaze over.
- hulitu 2y ago> Isolating the definiton of "PC" to the IBM lineage makes it a lot easier to contextualize the historical development of home computing The definition of PC is IBM PC. That's why Visual Workstation is not a PC, Apollo DN3500 was not a PC, etc.
- scarface_74 2y agoThe “definition” of PC is “A personal computer (PC) is a microcomputer designed for use by one person at a time.” In common parlance it has come to mean “a computer running a Microsoft operating system”. Most people these days would consider an Arm based computer running Windows a “PC”.