4 ms·
I supposed they were named 'desktops' to express how small they are, i.e. not occupying the room, or at least a furniture by itself.
by Luc 12y ago
I supposed they were named 'desktops' to express how small they are, i.e. not occupying the room, or at least a furniture by itself.
- thomasz 12y agoIn the stone age, your computer was standing on top of the desk, with a monitor on top of it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Ibm_pc_5150.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Ibm_pc_51...
- eddieroger 12y agoThis wasn't the stone age. This was enlightenment after the stone age, where the computer took only a whole room if you were lucky.
- linker3000 12y ago...and then a manufacturer (possibly Compaq or someone more esoteric like Mannesmann Tally), came out with a Mini-tower design and a few arrived at work. Seeing how 'cool' this new arrangement was, some of our engineers took their IBM PC units off their desks and sat them upright at the side. A few weeks later, the IBM PCs started to die because the retrofitted 5.25" full height hard disks (probably 10-20MB!) began to seize up - the spindle bearings had 'worn in' in one orientation and didn't take too kindly to being tipped on end. Sometimes a good whack would get things moving - if not, it was time for a new (and very expensive) hard disk.
- louthy 12y agoThey would sit entirely on the desk top: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Acorn_A5000_System_s1.jpg http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Acorn_A5000_Syste...