| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 26 Apr 2001 at 08:52:12 |
| Subject: | Re: Have I got a PC |
On 25-Apr-01, G.A.Griggs wrote:
> What if I said I've got a Home Computer not a Personal Computer, Since
> Personal Computers are commanly undertood to mean machines based on
> IBM Bussiness Computer originally using IIRC 8086 cpu's.
Apples, BBCs, Spectrums, Ataris, Amigas are all Personal Computers.
Wintel don't own the term any more than they own windows or BASIC.
The definition is a small computer which can work on its own without
needing to be supported by a server or mainframe.
Don't say you have a Home Computer - that is exactly where these people
would expect viruses.
Regards
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