18 May
2005
18 May
'05
9:39 a.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at
siconic.com>
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 ;)
Hi
Although the machine sitting in front of me can be bought
at Fry Electronics, I am not the only one using it. It is
part of LSF. I just use the display and keyboard part. When
I wish to have a large job done I apply to LSF and it
finds a computer not in use, possibly mine.
So, is it a personal computer since one could use it that way
or is it something else because of the way I'm using it.
Dwight
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".