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| | | Author: | Hexy  | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 20:22 | | Subject: | Change of wording | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Hi all,
Was just wondering if I could get some thoughts on a wording change. It seems
that when referring to a device, Bricklink seems to use the term PC, which is
exclusive to those using a PC, and not those using laptops, Apple devices, tablets,
and phones.
I think it should be changed to 'device' to include all those other ways
of accessing Bricklink. Please feel free to either reply or contact me about
any other ideas you have, or what you think about this change.
Kind Regards,
Theo - The_RealHex
An example can be found here, down the bottom of the page
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogImageAdd.page?itemType=P]
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 20:27 | | Subject: | Re: Change of wording | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Hi all,
Was just wondering if I could get some thoughts on a wording change. It seems
that when referring to a device, Bricklink seems to use the term PC, which is
exclusive to those using a PC, and not those using laptops, Apple devices, tablets,
and phones.
I think it should be changed to 'device' to include all those other ways
of accessing Bricklink. Please feel free to either reply or contact me about
any other ideas you have, or what you think about this change.
Kind Regards,
Theo - The_RealHex
An example can be found here, down the bottom of the page
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogImageAdd.page?itemType=P]
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PC = "personal computer" (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.)
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| | | | | | | Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 21:42 | | Subject: | Re: Change of wording | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Thanks for the clarification, after a google search apparently phones and tablets
do count as computers! you learn something every day I guess 
In Technical Issues, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Technical Issues, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Hi all,
Was just wondering if I could get some thoughts on a wording change. It seems
that when referring to a device, Bricklink seems to use the term PC, which is
exclusive to those using a PC, and not those using laptops, Apple devices, tablets,
and phones.
I think it should be changed to 'device' to include all those other ways
of accessing Bricklink. Please feel free to either reply or contact me about
any other ideas you have, or what you think about this change.
Kind Regards,
Theo - The_RealHex
An example can be found here, down the bottom of the page
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogImageAdd.page?itemType=P]
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PC = "personal computer" (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.)
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| | | | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 22:27 | | Subject: | Re: Change of wording | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, wildchicken13 writes:
| | PC = "personal computer" (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.)
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This is 100% correct. Many people misuse the abbreviation "PC" to only mean
IMB compatible, but as long as it's for personal use and not a worksite computer,
it's a PC.
David
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 21, 2022 05:53 | | Subject: | Re: Change of wording | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Technical Issues, wildchicken13 writes:
| | PC = "personal computer" (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.)
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This is 100% correct. Many people misuse the abbreviation "PC" to only mean
IMB compatible, but as long as it's for personal use and not a worksite computer,
it's a PC.
David
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It’s also often misused to only mean “PC with Windows,” as in the question “PC
or Mac?”
*sigh*
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