7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
12:45 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Liam Proven wrote:
2008/8/6 Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at
gmail.com>:
It is easy to parse what you said to be referring to "classic PC".
Would an Apple 20" 2GH PowerPC G5 iMac be considered a "classic PC"?
In THIS mob, "classic PC" means 5150.
Even those who avoid the IBM products would be considered "5150" by those
familiar with police radio codes.
Liam Proven wrote:
Oh, come on, Sridhar, don't be so anally retentive or obsessive!
I didn't say "the classic IBM model 5250 PC-XT keyboard" or anything
of the kind. I said PC. "PC" is a generic term, which to hundreds of
millions around the world just means a Personal Computer. In fact the
PC to which the model M I am typing on right now is attached to is, as
it happens, an Apple 20" 2GH PowerPC G5 iMac.
/The/ classic PC keyboard, IMHO.
The Model M came out *waay* after the PC. The 84-key is the one for the PC.
I don't think the Model M is even compatible with the PC.
Peace... Sridhar