On Sat, 31 May 2008 12:46:06 +1000, Alto <alto@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 30 May 2008 21:21:00 -0500, Adam Albright <AA@ABC.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:59:39 +1000, Alto <alto@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:46:07 -0500, Adam Albright <AA@ABC.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:02:00 -0700, Dermot
>>>><Dermot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone tell me the truth about Vista sevice packs:
>>>>>1. How may are there.
>>>>>2. Is it true that installing them leads to more problems than before
>>>>>installing them?
>>>>> (Feedback from searchibng the internet)
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Unlike Apple which uses a "closed" hardware system thereby controlling
>>>>development much more strictly, the PC world to it's credit uses a
>>>>"open" system where there is a army of hardware manufacturers each
>>>> Snip ....................
>>>
>>>PC = Personal computer = Apple, Amiga, Windows based, Commodore 64
>>>etc. etc.
>>>
>>>Why have you Windows freaks hijacked the term?
>>
>>What century are you living in? Commodore 64, Amiga?
>>
>>Besides, I didn't coin the term. Understand yet?
>>
>>I guess not.
>
>Its not a matter of what century we are living in - the mention of
>those computers was to emphasise that PC has been used for all sorts
>of computer for a long time - going back to at least the 1980s.
>
>So do YOU understand yet??
I understand you're trying to pick a fight. Sorry, not interested, I
simply hit people over the head with FACTS, then they usually crawl
away with their tail between their legs after getting embarrassed,
unless their name is Frank, who doesn't have enough sense to do that.
Your memory of events seems flawed. Let me help you out.
The term PC, short for personal computer, is a reference to IBM's
first personal computer. While the term personal computer has been
tossed around and sometimes applied to anything not Apple, the terms
PC and PC world which is what I used is correctly reserved when
talking about IBM's personal computer and all the clones that shortly
followed.
In 1982 Time Magazine did something it never did before. Instead of
naming a man of the year they acknowledged IBM's achievement by
breaking tradition and choosing the PC (personal computer) as their
"Man of the Year." This in large part is why the term "PC" stuck and
ever since has been known to be meant as a reference to personal
computers roughly following IBM's design.
If you were laboring under some other illusion you're wrong, but it
seems you're too pigheaded to admit it. I get a lot of that. <snicker>
For your further education The Commodore 64 was NEVER referred to as a
PC but formally was known as a Commodore Business Machines Model
number 64 or Commodore 64 for short. The Amiga was never known as a PC
either. In fact the name Amiga means roughly a friend of the female
sex in both Spanish and Portuguese. Since it was marketed by Amiga
Corp., it didn't hurt that Amiga alphabetically appears ahead of Apple
and Atari.