Who got a new machine in the last two weeks?

[AdamK47]

A PC does most of its work electronically rather than mechanically. Sure there are fans, CD-ROMs and hard drives. There's not much more in the mechanical aspects of a PC. It always makes me wonder how the term machine was ever brought up when referring to PCs. I've heard others call them machines, most don't use a computer very often.

 

[trmiv]

Nope, but I never get a whole new machine. I just add small upgades here and there. A video card here, a CPU there, but rarely at the same time. My last upgrade was a ATI Radeon 8500 LE.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: AdamK47 - 3DS
A PC does most of its work electronically rather than mechanically. Sure there are fans, CD-ROMs and hard drives. There's not much more in the mechanical aspects of a PC. It always makes me wonder how the term machine was ever brought up when referring to PCs. I've heard others call them machines, most don't use a computer very often.

This is kinda like the "motor vs engine" debate.

 

[Doggiedog]

I got a new car 2 weeks ago. That is a machine.

 

[AdamK47]

I looked up the word machine on dictionary.com. Computer IS mentioned in there. I suppose it's how it's perceived.