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thranx on 03 October 2010
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KylieDog said:
scottie said:

An mp3 player is still a music player

A laptop is still a computer

Takeaway coffee is still coffee

Sex in an aeroplane bathroom is still sex

 

I can go on?


A MP3 player is different to a walkman as is different to a discman.  They are all music players as you put it but different devices.  They are not all walkmans.

 

Same as a video game handheld is to a games console is to an arcade cabinet (and even a PC).  They all play games but are different devices.  They are not all consoles.


I believe all of those would be considered consoles

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/console

b : a combination of readouts or displays and an input device (as a keyboard or switches) by which an operator can monitor and interact with a system (as a computer or dubber)

 

5: an electronic system that connects to a display (as a television set) and is used primarily to play video games