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looks like “on any PC” means “on any Windows PC”.

• dtgm92 1y ago
  ... also with specific new AMD hardware, it seems?
• pjmlp 1y ago
  That is the original definition of PC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Mac https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Mac
  • morcus 1y ago
    According to the article you linked, that was debated even at the time: > PC Magazine Editor in Chief Lance Ulanoff criticized the campaign's use of the term "PC" to refer specifically to IBM PC compatible, or Wintel, computers, noting that this usage, though common, is incorrect, as the Macintosh is also a personal computer.
    • somat 1y ago
      But it's not the PC(the IBM 5150) or one of it's inheritor machines. To be honest I agree with you, If it is intended as a personal computer it's a PC. Yes tablets and phones(Pocket Computer???) included. But I understand the argument that a PC is a specific architecture. it's a wrong argument, but I get it.
      • morcus 1y ago
        To be clear, I don't have an opinion in this fight. I was just interested in the historical trivia. Thanks for the little history lesson!
  • anon373839 1y ago
    PCs predate GUIs. https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/297 https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computer...
    • pjmlp 1y ago
      Indeed, IBM PC certainly didn't had one and I had to wait until MS-DOS 5 to use one, that wasn't a game. As someone that started on Timex 2068, I can certainly say that no one referred to CP/M, MSX, Atari, Amiga or Mac as being PC. The word PC was definitely known as being IBM PC with either IBM PC-DOS or MS-DOS.