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Cheesypuff
10-09-2002, 10:18 PM
Here is the thing. Correct me if I'm worng...but ain't Mac's PC also. PC is just a short for personal computer. Well...HELLO!!! Macs are personal computers also! I think if people want to seperate the two computer brands. I they should label them as...

either...OS X vs. Windows vs. Lynix vs. Unix! (and all the other ones)

OR.......Mac's vs. AMD vs. Intel vs. Cyrix vs. (my own fingers)!!

You guys get my point?!?

GEE...What has this world gone to?!?!?
p3rsian
10-09-2002, 10:33 PM
its just a rule
pc's are pc's
macs are macs
Cheesypuff
10-09-2002, 11:11 PM
Originally posted by p3rsian
its just a rule
pc's are pc's
macs are macs

it's also a rule...that PC's are Personal computers

and Macs are also Personal computers!!!
hang10wannabe
10-09-2002, 11:22 PM
Originally posted by Cheesypuff


it's also a rule...that PC's are Personal computers

and Macs are also Personal computers!!!

you kwazy man... just kwazy :shifty:
sho.gun
10-09-2002, 11:24 PM
Originally posted by Cheesypuff



and Macs are also Personal computers!!!

http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/bigeek2.gif

They're not candy??!!!!

omg omg omg i'm gonna die.
eSDee
10-09-2002, 11:31 PM
Originally posted by Cheesypuff
Here is the thing. Correct me if I'm worng...but ain't Mac's PC also. PC is just a short for personal computer. Well...HELLO!!! Macs are personal computers also! I think if people want to seperate the two computer brands. I they should label them as...

either...OS X vs. Windows vs. Lynix vs. Unix! (and all the other ones)

OR.......Mac's vs. AMD vs. Intel vs. Cyrix vs. (my own fingers)!!

You guys get my point?!?

GEE...What has this world gone to?!?!?

Very insightful cheesy you're right. I don't think they really thought it out very far when they stopped calling them IBM's and Apples. :shrug:
spigidygak
10-09-2002, 11:35 PM
Yep the correct term to use is wintel versus mac. Not PC vs Mac, as you have stated pc is an acronym for personal computer which means anything that can be considered a computer and is affordable is a personal computer. . . technically a calculator can be considred a pc.
Ladogaboy
10-10-2002, 01:24 AM
Yeah, it's kind of like that whole deal of calling rims wheels. :rolleyes:

As far as I'm concerned, though... it is beginning to be more of a battle over OSs than an actual computer anyway. A majority of the hardware is compatable with all the major OSs anyway, so in my eyes, it is more like Microsoft vs Mac OS vs Linux Os. :shrug:
Cantacuzene
10-10-2002, 02:32 AM
Wintel, huh? What about all the AMD peopel out there?
ribitch
10-10-2002, 04:43 AM
its pretty much a industry standard term when referring to x86 based systems as PC. I have argued the point mac is a pc, but people prefer to associate the windows world to pc. Oh well
WhiskeyPapa
10-10-2002, 06:41 AM
Yes, technically, "PC" means "Personal Computer". Back in 1981, IBM introduced a new personal computer, called the "IBM PC". IBM gets the credit for popularizing (not inventing) the term "PC".

So when someone refers to a "PC", they are deriving the term from "IBM PC", not from the generic term "personal computer".
Burzhui
10-10-2002, 06:54 AM
Originally posted by Cheesypuff


it's also a rule...that PC's are Personal computers

and Macs are also Personal computers!!!

no no

PC's are PC's and Macs are PW's.... Paper Weights
i6s1
10-10-2002, 09:35 AM
Originally posted by DarkFury


Isn't OS just short for "operating system"...? Windows is an "operating system"... :hihi:

Yes, but OS X is a specific OS, and he does have the "X" in his post.

EDIT: His post has vanished, so guess the point is moot now.

EDIT2: Lets make fun of his "Linux" spelling. :)
Cheesypuff
10-10-2002, 09:44 AM
So I can't spell!!! Geez. I was typing fast...Well, thats my own little secret...right!