is Mac "considered" a PC?

der_kitty · Sep 18, 2009

baggss said:
Actually, 1984. Before that, there was no Mac...

Technically the Mac IS a PC, but it is generally not considered to be one since it is not built specifically to run Windows (or Linux etc). The term PC has become a more or less generic term for anything that is specifically NOT a Mac. Many people, both on the Mac and Windows sides of the aisle, do not and would not consider a Mac to be a PC per-se, but that doesn't mean it's not.

oh i know Mac is NOTHING like windows. It in fact in my opinion is MUCH better, graphics, system, and overall expiriance. But I ment that question by Mac IS a personal computer. Meaning one uses this computer LIKE a Windows or a Linux...

I dont know WHY the term PC is ONLY used to define Windows. I really dont because my mac is a "PowerPC" XD

vansmith · Sep 18, 2009

der_kitty said:
I dont know WHY the term PC is ONLY used to define Windows. I really dont because my mac is a "PowerPC" XD

PowerPC stands for Power Performance Computing, not Power Personal Computer.

baggss · Sep 18, 2009

Dysfunction said:
Picking nits. They've advertised their computers as Personal Computers since the inception of the company, that culture hasn't changed. Then again, perhaps since I work in enterprise class stuff almost exclusively.. anything that isn't rack mounted, a frame of it's own, and can run on single phase electricity is 'personal'

Call it what you like. The fact remains that the "Mac" while technically a PC doesn't generally fall under the term "PC" as used by the public by and large. Apples current advertising camping pits the Mac against the "PC", so they are obviously differentiating themselves from the rest of the industry by this.

is Mac "considered" a PC?

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