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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
Why the distinction?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 653603" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>It's easy to get pedantic about these things, but there is nothing clever about pushing against popular word use-age. As has been said, 'PC' in the modern sense is really a contraction of IBM Compatible Personal Computer, which essentially now means any machine running Windows - that will annoy Linux users, but the common use does mean this.</p><p></p><p>A Mac is largely defined as a machine designed and built by Apple, running Mac OS (typically OS X now).</p><p></p><p>Machines like the Atari ST, Amiga, BBC Micro or whatever, where never really referred to as PCs, even though they obviously were personal computers - in the same way that Mexico has never been called 'The United States', even though it's full name is indeed Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States).</p><p></p><p>The important thing about using language, isn't being 'right', it's being understood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 653603, member: 21101"] It's easy to get pedantic about these things, but there is nothing clever about pushing against popular word use-age. As has been said, 'PC' in the modern sense is really a contraction of IBM Compatible Personal Computer, which essentially now means any machine running Windows - that will annoy Linux users, but the common use does mean this. A Mac is largely defined as a machine designed and built by Apple, running Mac OS (typically OS X now). Machines like the Atari ST, Amiga, BBC Micro or whatever, where never really referred to as PCs, even though they obviously were personal computers - in the same way that Mexico has never been called 'The United States', even though it's full name is indeed Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States). The important thing about using language, isn't being 'right', it's being understood. [/QUOTE]
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