• Richard@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    That’s not the reason. The “PC” marketing term originated with the IBM PC, after which every non-Apple device attempted to make some name-wise connection to the former, spawning a series of so called “IBM PC Compatibles” that have principally lived on design-wise until the present day.

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      7 months ago

      …after which every non-Apple device attempted…

      Well, also except for any other microcomputer that wasn’t trying to run DOS. (Surely there were some – Amiga, maybe? IDK.)