17 May
2005
17 May
'05
4:42 p.m.
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Joe R. wrote:
Even that deinition is questionable when applications are stored on a
remote "server".
Does the thing sitting in front of you "compute"? Are you the only one
using it at any one time? If so, I'd call that a Personal Computer ;)
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Will this definition change when Apple starts selling
4 processor G5
towers? Or will those (and 4 processor Pentium workstations), not apply
because they are far too new?
Will they still be intended for use by one person? I don't know why we
didn't think of it before, but instead of "Microcomputer" it should
perhaps be "Personal Computer".