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Why is Windows "PC"? (lemmy.world)
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[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 21 points 5 months ago

The IBM-PC predates that campaign by almost two decades. PC was firmly associated with Microsoft Windows by the time the ad campaign ran in late 2000's. I don't think the ads even mention Windows, they just say "PC".

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