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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 653587" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Because historically speaking, the term "PC" has referred to the IBM PC and compatibles, which the Mac was not part of many moons ago. This is an age-old argument that harkens back to the earliest days of personal computing. </p><p></p><p>I don't know how old you are, but IBM has not always been the shell of a company they are today. At one time, IBM was an 800 pound gorilla and anything that they did was a big deal - at least in the minds of large corporations. The letters "IBM" were synonymous with giant thinking machines for many years. And although they were late to the party, when IBM released their PC, all others were instantly overshadowed. This included hugely popular machines from other vendors like Tandy, Apple, Commodore and Atari. They were all seen as toys by big business. So, over time the term "PC" has just grown to mean "IBM compatible", which is more commonly known as the x86 platform we know and love today.</p><p></p><p>With that said, consumer perception is that "Macs" and "PCs" are two different things. And although at the foundation that is incorrect, it is the perception nonetheless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 653587, member: 24098"] Because historically speaking, the term "PC" has referred to the IBM PC and compatibles, which the Mac was not part of many moons ago. This is an age-old argument that harkens back to the earliest days of personal computing. I don't know how old you are, but IBM has not always been the shell of a company they are today. At one time, IBM was an 800 pound gorilla and anything that they did was a big deal - at least in the minds of large corporations. The letters "IBM" were synonymous with giant thinking machines for many years. And although they were late to the party, when IBM released their PC, all others were instantly overshadowed. This included hugely popular machines from other vendors like Tandy, Apple, Commodore and Atari. They were all seen as toys by big business. So, over time the term "PC" has just grown to mean "IBM compatible", which is more commonly known as the x86 platform we know and love today. With that said, consumer perception is that "Macs" and "PCs" are two different things. And although at the foundation that is incorrect, it is the perception nonetheless. [/QUOTE]
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