PC or PC compatible

[pne]

I just looked at the "Minimum Computer Requirements" for a piece of software, and noted that if you want to use it under Microsoft Windows or Linux, you need the following Computer Type: "PC or PC compatible".

Whee, shades of the '80s. At least, if that means what I think it means ("IBM PC or a compatible machine by another manufacturer".)

I wonder how many people have an IBM PC these days...

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[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

The ThinkCenter is indeed the desktop model, now made by Lenovo (largely by ex-IBM workers on IBM or ex-IBM premises), but the "name" is still owned by IBM, and they retain some level of "editorial control" if I understand the situation correctly.

It's the direct descendant of the PC lineage (and yes, the 5150 was the original base-level 1st-generation IBM PC), via the PC-XT, PC-AT, PS/2 (which didn't die entirely -- look at your keyboard and mouse ports), PC Series and Netvista brands.

I'm sorry for geeking out so much, but I'm something of an IBM geek. Odd thing to be geeky about, I know, but somebody's got to do it.

[pne.livejournal.com]

PS/2 (which didn't die entirely -- look at your keyboard and mouse ports)

More true a couple of years ago than now; keyboards and mouses both seem to be moving towards USB. (I think, but am not sure, that this is part of the whole move towards "legacy-free" PCs, along with getting rid of serial [RS-232] and parallel [Centronics] ports, and probably also floppy disk drives.)

Still, you have a point.

I'm sorry for geeking out so much

Please don't be; I'm enjoying it.