Macs are a pc!

This is just one thing i wanted to say that is probably just me being picky
but by the very definition of pc (personal computer) macs are a pc. I find
it annoying in the extreme when every one says macs are better than a
"pc" for this very reason i get the feeling its just me.

You are correct sir.... doesn't it feel good!

PC = Personal Computer

Welcome to the Forums.

Get it right people. PC = Personal Computer.
I know people here hate it when Mac is called MAC.

Annoying isn't it.

yes but it has simply just become coommon for people to call a windows machine a PC and a apple computer a mac

I agree.

I always found it interesting how the term "PC" became synonymous with a Wintel machine. I wonder when that shift happened? I suppose it doesn't really matter.

D R said:

I agree.

I always found it interesting how the term "PC" became synonymous with a Wintel machine. I wonder when that shift happened? I suppose it doesn't really matter.

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In case you (or anyone else) is interested...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

No Mate! People call Windows PC because of those Mac ads. You know. "I'm a PC and I'm a Mac". It is legal issues why they don't say "Hi I'm a Windows".

PC stands for Personal computer, but when comparing Macs to Windows based computers, the term PC is used to represent windows computers in general since so many companies manufature them (eg, dell, HP, gateway, etc)

However, it just depends on the context it's being used in. I for one would think it was lame if the 'Get a Mac' commercials went: "Hi, I'm a Pc with OS X, and Im a PC with windows!"

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Personal computers are also known as microcomputers and home computers. Often, the term "personal computer" is used exclusively for computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system, but this is erroneous. For example, a Macintosh running Mac OS [...][ is a ] personal computer.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer#Today

Wikipedia said:

Often, the term "personal computer" is used exclusively for computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system, but this is erroneous. For example, a Macintosh running Mac OS and an IBM PC compatible running Linux are both personal computers. This confusion stems from the fact that the term "PC" is often used as a shorthand form for "IBM PC compatible" and historically Mac OS has run on non-IBM compatible hardware like the PowerPC architecture. Linux runs on virtually any kind of hardware, but was developed later and has not achieved popularity comparable to Microsoft Windows.

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Rule 1 of Marketing: Push your brand; differentiate it from competitors.
Rule 2 of Marketing: Don't confuse your audience.
Rule 3 of Marketing: Repeat rule 1 & 2; then repeat rule 3.

Would the iPod be so successful if the add campaign went something like: "there's a new digital audio player on the market, and it's by a company called Apple... oh, and by the way it's called iPod.... buy it? Please?" NO! It's just dancing, music, Apple logo, iPod I LOVE PINK FLUFFY THINGS!

Same with the Mac: forget the "it's a PC, but it's different because it's made by a company called Apple, and... erm... it's better. Oh yeah, Mac we like to call it". It's just "Mac MY LITTLE PONIES all over your PC BUY MY SOMETHING LIKE A BARBIE DOLL. Buy it PUPPIES AND KITTY CATS!"

[far too tired and hungry to be making sense... I need a beer]

D R said:

I always found it interesting how the term "PC" became synonymous with a Wintel machine. I wonder when that shift happened?

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Probably about the time that Windows became the dominant OS. Considering that Windows has had a lock on the desktop market for a number of years and that 98% of the computer buying world had no idea that there was anything different out there, it seem obvious that the two would become synonymous despite the fact that it is incorrect. Only within the last few years have many people begun to notice that there is a viable alternative and that it is PC, just not a Windows based PC.

D R said:

I agree.

I always found it interesting how the term "PC" became synonymous with a Wintel machine. I wonder when that shift happened? I suppose it doesn't really matter.

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The original machine Wintel PCs are based on was the IBM PC, Personal Computer, PC being a model name. The PC moniker stuck.

Macs are personal computers but they are not strictly PCs.

vxd said:

Get it right people. PC = Personal Computer.
I know people here hate it when Mac is called MAC.

Annoying isn't it.

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That's because Mac is NOT the same as MAC. MAC is Media Access Control address which is hardly the same as Macintosh.

knightlie said:

Macs are personal computers but they are not strictly PCs.

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Yes, quite right. Macs are personal computers, but not Personal Computers I think the main reason 'PC' is used is because it is a catch all term for 'generic' computers. If you have a Mac, you call it a Mac. Some people even say they have a Dell (that's up to them, but I wouldn't advertise it ...) Either way, PC is easier than "Windows based Personal Computer", and doesn't cause any problems with trademarks and whatnot.

And the "older" Macs weren't just PCs, they are ppc's - power PCs. Yah, right! POWER. haha

dekan said:

And the "older" Macs weren't just PCs, they are ppc's - power PCs. Yah, right! POWER. haha

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My POWER PC (PPC) works just fine, thank you.

so now not only do people make fun of mac users for being mac users, mac users are making fun of ppc mac users?

-chrsi

Looks like it, doesn't it?

I've got a Power (Yah, right! POWER. haha) PC G5 iMac and I love it to bits.

I've always made fun of Mac's, even though I'm a user myself.
I hated my G5 iMac, it was so annoying and it sounded like a hair dryer.

Hmmm. Something must have been wrong with yours, leecho. Mine is very quiet.