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Is my computer a HE or a SHE?
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Re: Is my computer a HE or a SHE?
hmm... perfect. my computer is referred to as they as it's non-binary. it's also genderfluid in such a way that i must use it/itself pronouns when it doesn't have a CMOS battery (context: it doesn't have a CMOS battery at the moment).
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Re: Is my computer a HE or a SHE?
I have some of each. My W520 is a he. My T420s is a he. The X220 's and the X230 are she's. My Yoga flips back and forth.
Current: 2 x W520 ET, 2 x X220 i7, T420, X230 i5, T420s, MacbookPro, Dell Venue 11 Pro, Dell XPS 8930, X1 Yoga 3GEN
Past: IBM5150-8088 500 600E 600X T20 T21 5xT23 X30 3xX31 X32 T40 T42 3xT43 T43p SL510 T60p X60T X60s T61 2xT400 T410si T400s T500-3.06GHz X200 X201 X220i5 X220i7 2xT420s
Past: IBM5150-8088 500 600E 600X T20 T21 5xT23 X30 3xX31 X32 T40 T42 3xT43 T43p SL510 T60p X60T X60s T61 2xT400 T410si T400s T500-3.06GHz X200 X201 X220i5 X220i7 2xT420s
Re: Is my computer a HE or a SHE?
In German, we have different articles for different genders - famous "der/die/das". For my ThinkPads, I would say "das ThinkPad", which is the neuter form. Grammatically, I think "der ThinkPad" (maskuline) would also be correct and used by some. "die ThinkPad" (feminine) would be weird and does not feel correct.
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Re: Is my computer a HE or a SHE?
As per in Chinese, anything that's not a human is referred to as it, so I just call all of them as it that way.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
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