User talk:NapoliRoma/Wintel

Goals

• Simplify the article to focus on just the history of Wintel with fewer digressions
• More encyclopedic
• Check references for bias; favor references that specifically discuss "Wintel"
• Make clearer that "Wintel" was never a formal name of a Microsoft/Intel partnership

NapoliRoma (talk) 05:59, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

First cut

• Focusing on lead: "Wintel" was originally a nickname for the growingly dominant platform/phenomenon (note: first common usage appears to be ca. 1993)
• Changed short desc to reflect above
• Changed the presentation of the logos to make several things clearer and avoid misimpressions:
  • This is not a "Wintel" logo; it's two separate logos
  • Assign dates to the two logos, not "current" (per WP:RELTIME)

NapoliRoma (talk) 06:03, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Origins

• Late 1994 -- in October, news of the AIM alliance referenced the term. Alliance had been around since 1991.
• Michael Spindler was quoted in trade mags referring to Wintel as the competition

To do

• Change IBM section to IBM PC; shorten
• Add Apple section, as above
• WaPo 1996 article