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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by Udo_Schmitz on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:33AM (#27880108)
Lots of Apple’s print ads in the 70s used the term Personal Computer: http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/1977IntroApple... http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/AisFor1.jpg http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/MiscAds2/ad24.jpg
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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by rsfinn on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:18AM (#27883584)
Sure; I don't disagree (and perhaps my previous post was less clear about this) that "personal computer" was definitely in common use, particular in advertising aimed at "regular consumers" rather than hobbyists, and well before the IBM PC.

I do disagree with the suggestion that the initialism "PC" was understood to mean "personal computer" in general before the release of the IBM PC. If that's overly pedantic, well, I'm a computer nerd; what can I say...

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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by Udo_Schmitz on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:46PM (#27888161)
Oh, OK, I think you’re right there.
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