Can someone Please give me a name!

[bjjones37]

LinchpiN wrote:
Oh no... the amiga is something completley different!

Mine seems pretty personal to me. :-)  ;-)

[Linchpin]

heh cool :-)

My miggy lives above the cupboard, collecting dust atm.

[bloodline]

bjjones37 wrote:

bloodline wrote:

I think the technical term is Personal computer or just "PC", often pronounced "Pea Sea".

-Edit- Karlos beat me to it :-D

Once again I am guilty of being too literal.  I thought the Amiga was a personal computer. :-)

The Amiga was a "Home Computer"

[bjjones37]

bloodline wrote:

bjjones37 wrote:

bloodline wrote:

I think the technical term is Personal computer or just "PC", often pronounced "Pea Sea".

-Edit- Karlos beat me to it :-D

Once again I am guilty of being too literal.  I thought the Amiga was a personal computer. :-)

The Amiga was a "Home Computer"

You win. PC it is!

[minator]

You win. PC it is!

I don't know, PC originally meant Personal Computer, that is a one computer for one person.

However PCs generally mean x86 architecture machines these days.

Originally there was the IBM-PC
Then there were IBM Clone PCs
Then IBM Compatible PCs
Then just PCs.

Funny thing is The Mac as always technically been a PC but these days with IBM selling off their PC division and macs using G5s you could say a PowerMac is an IBM compatible PC!


I would just say PC,
x86 is equally valid since all the derivations started from the original x86.

[mikeymike]

My home PC's Windows installation is called Ferris.  The FreeBSD install is called Jar Jar.

Now that I'm apparently past the teething stages of getting stuff I want to work with FreeBSD, I might change that name, but it certainly deserved it for a while.

[AmigaMac]

So what do you call all of IBM's microcomputer descendants and spinoffs?

PC clones (Compaq, HP, Dell, etc...).  Just like Apple had its decendents, the Mac clones (Power Computing, DayStar, StarMax, etc...).

[HopperJF]

LinchpiN wrote:
Crap?

I call them heaps of sh** myself.
For example:

Sucker: "I've just had to do another re-install. computer has messed up again "
Me: "Did you not have protection?"
Sucker: "Yea but it still managed to mess up"
Me: "Why are you STILL using that heap of sh** after all the years upgrading and constant virus attacks and spyware infests?"
Sucker: "Coz I need Microsoft"

LOL.

[Calen]

I prefer weebl myself, but each to their own. Although hairy lee is better still...

speaking of weebl, this comes to mind.

Watch and listen at your own risk, ahmmm ;-)