Re: Macs and "PCs" -- get over it


Mike wrote:
In article <C0797567.4D1B0%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Agreed. To many of the silly battles in CSMA are based on these type of
semantic games. The word "PC" has different meanings, even in the computing
world. Based on context it may mean either a Windows based machine, a
"standard" x86 machine running Windows or Linux, or any personal computer
including the Mac. With the intro of x86 Macs and especially Boot Camp the
lines have blurred a bit, but if someone uses the term in a way that is not
clear it is easy enough to have it cleared up. Instead there are those who
want to just pick semantic battles and play BS games.

Macs are now PCs. When they were PPC, OS X only machines, they were
not.

That is insane. Do you not know what PPC stands for?? Power PC. Do you
know what PC stands for. Persoanl Computer. Words have meaning.

Now they are WinTel PCs that happen to also run a proprietary,
Apple only OS.

But then, so does my Thinkpad T30. Does that make it a Mac?

Nope.



Mike

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