Is a Mac a PC

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:04 am

I don`t think it is. I have a PC not a Mac

Tempus · Post by **Tempus** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:12 am

of course it isnt! thats why its called a mac.... even though PC means person computer the general populus uses that term to mean windows based computers...
apples are totaly different story

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:09 am

In tecnical terms, yes a MAC is a PC. since PC stands for personal computer. I mac is a at home single user system. The vast majority of PC are based on the x86 arcitexture rather then MAC's Motarola arcitextue.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:46 am

While you may not like Macs, that doesnt change the fact that they are still a Personal Computer. Only people with philosophy degrees and crazy people can deny that reality is anything other than what it is.

[PX] Nebuchadnezzar · Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:10 pm

what Bob said. PC means Personal Computer. weather you run AMD parts, Intel Parts, Apple parts, still a PC

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:38 pm

Despite the fact that I hate Mac's I think I have to agree that they are PC's by the definition of the word. It is possible however, that the letters PC have trancended their original meaning and have come to mean "a personal computer based on the x86 architechture".

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:43 pm

I think that you can consider them a different type of PC, but you still have to classify them as a PC. A computer for Personal use. You can call them Mac PC's, or whatever "processor architecture they run" PC's.

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:51 pm

Growing up Mac's were Mac's and PC are what we all have

I still go by that rule a Mac will never be a PC to me

Tempus · Post by **Tempus** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:40 pm

i agree that by a technical term 'PC' includes macs however like previously stated it depends on your definition. since we are all computer literate it is a pc but comming from a sales perspective and dealing with the average person, when the term "pc" comes up it is refering to a windows based system

this is similar to the way that "faggot" has moved from meaning a torch to meaning homosexual...

funny how the vinacular works

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:49 pm

Tempus wrote:dealing with the average person, when the term "pc" comes up it is refering to a windows based system

I think that most people would accept that a PC could run Linux as well, it dosen't necessarily mean windows, it's the architecture that is most important.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:00 pm

Damn straight. By the definition that is proposed, neither bob nor I would be running "PC's".

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:14 pm

Thats why I don't think Mac's are PC's for the reason they arn't PC parts

you can only use Mac parts in it

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:21 pm

By that logic you run and AMD system NOT a PC, since you can only run AMD compatible parts in it.

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:04 am

By what I meant by that comment was that you can plug a normal PCI sound card into either Amd or Intel.

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:50 am

Normal? to a mac user a mac soundcard is normal. Normal is a very fixed point of view.