Talk:Plug and play

message: It seems a lot of the issues with this article (NPOV, Microsoft vs Apple, hotpluggability) stem from confusion over the concept of "plug and play" and the specific technology (an add-on to the ISA bus) marketed as Plug N Play by Intel, Microsoft, and their cohort.
We should be able to improve the article a lot if we distinguish.
--Nil0lab 17:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I took a quick hack at it.  plug-and-play now is about the concept, and should be expanded to include a non-Microsoft-centric history.  Plug-And-Play is about the named Intel/Microsoft ISA-add-on brand.  I also took off the accuracy tag since I think I've addressed the accuracy issues with this split- let's get to adding references and filling out this article properly, folks! --Nil0lab 18:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  the concept vs the brand 

message: Is this list necessary at all?  What purpose does it serve?  From my understanding, every type of hardware device (except for the motherboard, RAM, and CPU, for obvious reasons) can be PnP-compatible if designed so.  --Chris (talk) 07:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the list to the new Microsoft-Intel-centric article since it seemed to me to be fairly Wintel specific --Nil0lab 18:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compatible devices list 

message: Is this Wikipedia or Slashdot???  Please keep the anti-Microsoft comments where they belong (i.e. Criticism of microsoft). --Crabbyass 12:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the Microsoft-centric stuff to the new article --Nil0lab 18:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: Whoever wrote that article has lost the plot completely.  Plug and Play's main capability was the removal of jumpers and DIP switches on expansion boards (that select address, IRQ, etc.)  That's why it's plug and play.  It has nothing to do with drivers.  And as for macs being there first, as the two systems are not even remotely comparable when it comes to range and type of hardware available for upgrades, especially at the time of PnP first arriving, it's a moot point entirely.  But nice try :) 82.35.107.44 17:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur about Plug And Play but not about plug and play.  I.e. the branded term, not the pre-existing generic term.  See if my corrections meet with your approval.  --Nil0lab 18:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eh?? 

message: This article is short enough to be a stub.  Please add a suitable stub class tag. DFH 18:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree completely. Only the first two sentences actually talk about PnP. The rest is about how things used to be done - which is good to include but where is the content about PnP itself?? Gechurch (talk) 03:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sourcing the term PnP is not easy. This article is a compomise between the factual concept and the term MS/Intel introduced. While "Plug and Play" is used to describe this concept as well, given the link, it's not easy to find straight history or completely unique articles on the topic. However, I will work on it when I have time, and I have no problems with the unsourced history section being removed for the time being. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub 

message: All three of the definitions which accurately cover the concept without being directly linked to "PnP", as in the specific ISA technology, use the term "Plug and Play" wihtout hyphens. Can anyone provide a good reference as to the hyphenated name, for the general concept, or should the page be renamed? - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 16:27, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I'm going to go through with it then, I can't find any strong sources (ones that differentiate the concept from the MS Spec) that use hyphens, so it seems fair. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 23:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyphenated Title 

message: This whole article reads like someone's personal blog. The story from the dark past to the bright present is coherent, but most certainly not neutral or suitable for Wikipedia. The section on Windows 95 in particular is very opinionated.
94.195.196.180 (talk) 08:37, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like a blog post 

message: There are three things that should be listed on a new disambiguation page.
This plug & play page, the other one, and some link to the use of the term in chemical engineering. I don't know how to make a disambiguation page but I'm sure some of you more experienced wikipaedians can deal with it! :-)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.225.20.227 (talk) 03:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  this needs disambiguation