Why did the Win10 system change "my computer" to "this computer"?

  

The name of the computer icon that everyone is used to in the WinXP system is called “My Computer”, but the name of the computer icon has changed since the Win7 system. From my computer to the computer to this computer to the Win10 computer. Why does the Win10 system change "my computer" to "this computer"?

Although Microsoft has not explained the reasons, combined with the development of the industry, XP and previous computers are not too popular, and everyone's share is not high, so the computer you can use is called "ld"; My computer is ugly, mainly for understanding. Later, when I arrived at Vista and Win7, the computer penetration rate increased sharply and the performance was significantly improved. Therefore, it is called “computer” and it makes more sense at the macro level.

Later, in Win8/Win8.1, and now in the Win10 era, the cloud concept began to spread, and the price of computers continued to decrease. The number of computers owned by each person may be more than two, so it is called "&ldquo" My computer & rdquo; or "computer" is not enough to accurately express the concept of the current computer. Therefore, the English version has adopted the name of “This PC”, and in China it has become “this computer” and “this computer”. Specifically, since these two systems (Win8/Win8.1 is counted as one in this article) basically use the login method of the Microsoft account, there may be a case where one account has multiple computers, that is, “ My computer may have more than one, so I especially pointed out that this computer has more practical meaning.

Using “computer” is also not suitable, because the concept of cloud has been added, the concept of "computer" has been expanded, you can use the "computer" on these two systems. Not only the current client, but also various network-related computers such as OneDrive, and clicking on the computer icon is basically limited to the files on the computer, so this name is more accurate. As for "this computer", why changed to "this computer", may be "renamed department" feels better. The following picture is the result of Microsoft Bing machine translation ——

In Win10, Microsoft changed the "mechanical result" to "this computer", perhaps a brainstorming .

Of course, this article analyzes the reason why the "My Computer" in the Win10 system is changed to "this computer", which is only a small personal opinion. It is not the official explanation given by Microsoft. You are only for reference.

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