wintel

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1. (informal)The computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.

   ““We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named.”