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minus-square schnurrito ( @schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink8•11 months 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-square tal ( @tal@lemmy.today ) linkfedilink1•edit-211 months 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.