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is Mac "considered" a PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 909790" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Don't forget...the first Macintosh came out in January 1984. And starting in 1984 the Macintosh with it's "GUI" interface was head & shoulders ahead of any Intel Based computer.</p><p></p><p>Also...I'm pretty sure the whole "PC label" that got attached to Intel/Windows based computers really took off with the success of the <strong>"IBM Personal Computer"</strong> Model 5150 which was introduced August 1981.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer" target="_blank">IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>And here's a quote from the article:</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Alongside "microcomputer" and "home computer", the term "personal computer" was already in use before 1981. It was used as early as 1972 to characterize Xerox PARC's Alto. However, because of the success of the IBM Personal Computer, the term came to mean more specifically a microcomputer compatible with IBM's PC products.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>This doesn't mean that the term "PC" cannot be used & be correct in association with Apple Macintosh products...it's just that the term "PC" was initially strongly associated with early IBM "home computer's"...and remember...back then <strong>IBM</strong> was the <strong>Big Dog</strong> in the home computing industry...</p><p></p><p>...so you had IBM home computers...and the rest...which were known as "IBM compatible" products!.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 909790, member: 56379"] Don't forget...the first Macintosh came out in January 1984. And starting in 1984 the Macintosh with it's "GUI" interface was head & shoulders ahead of any Intel Based computer. Also...I'm pretty sure the whole "PC label" that got attached to Intel/Windows based computers really took off with the success of the [b]"IBM Personal Computer"[/b] Model 5150 which was introduced August 1981. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer]IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] And here's a quote from the article: [b][i]Alongside "microcomputer" and "home computer", the term "personal computer" was already in use before 1981. It was used as early as 1972 to characterize Xerox PARC's Alto. However, because of the success of the IBM Personal Computer, the term came to mean more specifically a microcomputer compatible with IBM's PC products.[/i][/b] This doesn't mean that the term "PC" cannot be used & be correct in association with Apple Macintosh products...it's just that the term "PC" was initially strongly associated with early IBM "home computer's"...and remember...back then [b]IBM[/b] was the [b]Big Dog[/b] in the home computing industry... ...so you had IBM home computers...and the rest...which were known as "IBM compatible" products!.;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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