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by hartator 3340 days ago
Interesting that they use the word "Computer" instead of "Desktop" for non-mobile devices.
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What word would you use for the class of machines that are desktops and laptops? It's a real, if not very important, question that I've never found a good answer for.
Lol, I always on the lookout for an answer to this as well. I use Browsers vs Mobile Browsers vs Desktop Apps vs Mobile Apps if I want to be precise. But, yeah, it's usually confusing.
At work I ask "Are you using your phone or your computer?" It's generally non-techie people that will get confused and might consider their tablet a "computer", but that is pretty rare.
Laptops fall under the same basic umbrella of usage patterns as Desktops, but are also mobile.