"Is it a PC or a laptop?"

Who cares?

You always know what someone says when they go look at my laptop. Not my portable IBM compatible PC.
 
SteveOBHave said:
hehehe I hate this game as well.

Right - here is where I stand on it

PC = Personal Computer - be it a Mac, be it running Linux, BeOS, Donkey Kong or a freaking pita bread - it is a PC - it sits on your desk and is a PERSONAL COMPUTER!!!!! muppets...

I agree with the hard drive thing as well - it's not a hard drive, it is not a CPU, it is a computer!!!! The hard drive holds your information, the CPU controlls the infomation, the computer contains everything else... Your computer is not the culmination of a monitor, a mouse and a keyboard - these are called peripherals - input and output devices.

The big box is a PERSONAL COMPUTER. The software that runs other software on the COMPUTER is referred to as an OPERATING SYSTEM or an OS. The OS runs on a COMPUTER not on a MAC or a LINUX BOX but on a COMPUTER.

Honestly why do people have to over complicate something that hasn't changed since the invention of the PERSONAL COMPUTER.

Why is a LAPTOP called a LAPTOP COMPUTER? Because it's portable and it can be used on... wait for it... your laptop!!!! ooooooohhhhh that one was a toughey wasn't it? But what if it's running Linux or OSX? Is it still a LAPTOP COMPUTER? Well does it sit on your laptop and is it a computer? Yes? Well no bonus points here cub scouts!!!

Your DESKTOP is the thing that your PERSONAL COMPUTER can sit on. It's a large flat thing that is generally level so that things don't fall off it. Your COMPUTER DESKTOP is a virtual GUI (GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE) version of the same thing. It too tends to be flat so that your programs and files don't fall off it.

Oh and all sarcasm aside - yeah WiFi is a trademarked name owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance for produces based around the IEEE 802.11 standard. So generally if people are talking about WiFi in terms of the wireless connections in their home or in Starbucks then they are generally correct.
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HEAR HEAR !!!! i was just about to say all that
 
This is a Makita Skilsaw:

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I'm confused! :confused: (Nothing new there then!)

This is probably techinically wrong, but this is what everyone I know refers to them as:

Desktop = The computer with a seperate tower and a screen
Laptop = Laptops and Notebooks

PC = It's made by Dell / Self built i.e. It's not made by Apple and therefore runs Windows/Linux
Mac = Made by Apple (but might be running the Windows OS)

So I personally have a Mac Laptop and a PC Desktop.
 
PC means personal computer but is now used to refer to an IBM compatible PC.

Any small 1 person computer, not a Mainframe or Mini can be correctly referred to as a PC, inc a laptop pc.
 
i wonder what the minimum spec a PC needs to have these days to be defined as a 'gaming rig'??? :D

...and dont be cheeky and reply with 'look at your sig' :p
 
So how do thin clients/ terminals fit into all this? They're certainly not computers, but try asking a non IT person about one without referring to it as a computer/ PC.

At work I use PC or computer/ laptop. Why? Your average Joe understands this more than desktop/laptop/thin client/ etc.
 
QlimaxUK said:
i wonder what the minimum spec a PC needs to have these days to be defined as a 'gaming rig'??? :D

...and dont be cheeky and reply with 'look at your sig' :p
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Quite low specs I would say to be honest because even an older card like the 8800GTX can handle pretty much every game out today. That thing could even run Crysis quite well at 1680x1050 or so.

Plus there's a lot of console games being put on PC that aren't pushing the boundaries of PC hardware, I would also say that it seems a lot of developers are getting better at doing PC versions of games. Capcom made some good ports recently and Batman: Arkham Asylum also runs and looks great on PC!
 
Its annoying when an undermanager at work refers to the "pc" as a hard drive :-/ I was helping them rearrange the office, and he told me to put the hard drive onto the other desk while refering to the actual pc...
 
Hellsmk2 said:
So how do thin clients/ terminals fit into all this? They're certainly not computers, but try asking a non IT person about one without referring to it as a computer/ PC.

At work I use PC or computer/ laptop. Why? Your average Joe understands this more than desktop/laptop/thin client/ etc.
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They are commonly known as 'Thin Clients' and 'Terminals'... They will understand the term terminals. They have been around for an extremely long time. The likes of T27s and Wyse terminals for accessing mainframes have been in used for aaaaages and people that use them tend to know that they are called Wyse terminals because of the big Wyse pasted across the front of it. These days tho they use terminal emulation.

Assuming you are answering a technical support call regarding a persons thin client you would be aware of the fact that they are using a terminal rather than a desktop. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out...

Oh and a DELL is not referred to exclusively as a PC - more often they are known as an Optiplex, Precision or a Vostro nor is PC exclusively restricted to an IBM compatible machine - this is extremely old news. IBM compatible machines were a different breed altogether and were commonly referred to as IBM Clones or PC Clones but current PC architecture, whilst owing the IBM machines much for their current form, have little resemblence to the old days. So no IBM PCs are not the same thing.

I shouldn't have to repeat myself... A PC IS A PERSONAL COMPUTER, it doesn't matter what is installed on it or who makes it or what monitor you have attached to it or who is using it.
 
greengiant said:
Its annoying when an undermanager at work refers to the "pc" as a hard drive :-/ I was helping them rearrange the office, and he told me to put the hard drive onto the other desk while refering to the actual pc...
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That's when you take the hard drive out of the PC and stick it on the desk.
 
Its simple. PC is a PC whether it be a laptop or desktop.

Mac is a Mac and a commodore 64 is a........., well, .................pile of pooop
 
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