> > > > > Ok, now you're back to cost. Your criteria keep changing. You cannot > give something meaning when the "something" keeps changing. This is why > you are refuted. > > I refute you, sir! > > > Sellam, There's "personal computing" as a verb and "personal computer" as an object classification. These are distinct terms. Using a UNIVAC 1 for personal computing purposes does not make the UNIVAC 1 a personal computer in so far as the UNIVAC 1 was not originally classified (such as with the patent office) as a device intended for the express purpose of personal computing, as defined as blah blah blah.
One could argue that the manufacturer as the right to declare what is and is not the intended personal use of the thing they're manufacturing, as represented by the manuals, promotions and marketing, training, etc. So, I think really it's possible to declare anything a personal computer or not a personal computer if you have some sort of base definitions for these things. I think that's the problem we're having, the terms "personal computer" and personal computing are not really dictionary words. Bill
