Change PC to Win or Windows

Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com
Mon Jul 21 12:57:53 EDT 2008


 

> From: Derek Martin

> The term "PC" is commonly used in
> English, in the United States and other English speaking countries, to
> mean a computer running Microsoft Windows.  

That isn't quite true.

My kids are heading off to college and are in the market for laptops.
The question they had for the salesman was if there was anything other
than Vista available.  I was so proud.  His response was that they no
longer bother with XP.  Another customer suggested that they look at
Apple and another customer suggested dual booting it with Ubuntu ( why
not Fedora? ).  I was shocked when I asked if either were in the field.
Nope, a mechanic and doctor.

While it might have been true that PCs were becoming synonymous with
Windows boxes, I think that tide is heading back the other way.
Particularly when I hear that the Apple boxes are becoming very popular
as they work better with iPods and iPhones than does Windows.








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