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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The way you use "PC" as a synonym for "Windows" proves that you are indeed a long term Mac user.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least you didn’t call them IBMs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Of course, they are IBM compatibles!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While the bit about file interoperability may be more windows-specific, there is such a thing as the “PC Ecosystem”. The software has alternatives: dominated by DOS, then Windows, but also available are Linux and the various minor UNIX-likes, but the hardware really is a specific ecosystem based on a specific set of standards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Shhh! Don’t upset them, they don’t know!