User talk:NapoliRoma/Wintel

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

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

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