29 May
2024
29 May
'24
12:43 a.m.
On Tue, 28 May 2024, CAREY SCHUG wrote:
Unless at least 5% (see quibbling below) of new
purchases were by
private individuals, not required for their gainful employment, they are
"single user computers", not "personal computers".
"Personal" is how
they are used, not how they could be used.
In my opinion, the essential difference between "single user" and
"personal" is the kind of physical access to the computer.
A "single user" computer may run unattended in a lab, as part of a larger
system, or as a special processor for data processing, whatever.
In contrast to this, a "personal" computer is a machine where by design,
you actually work in front of it and interact with it personally - not in
the style of a systems' operator, but for all the tasks the computer
should do for _you_.
Christian