Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down10
arrow-up1285arrow-down1external-linkApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI think the history is such that a “PC” is a computer compatible with the “IBM PC” which Macs were historically not and modern ones aren’t either. But I still like “Windows computer”, we can abbreviate that to “WC”.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAnother complication was that DOS-using machines weren’t always running Windows at one point in time.
I think the history is such that a “PC” is a computer compatible with the “IBM PC” which Macs were historically not and modern ones aren’t either.
But I still like “Windows computer”, we can abbreviate that to “WC”.
Another complication was that DOS-using machines weren’t always running Windows at one point in time.