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Is a Mac a PC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:04 am
by [Fallen]Thumperup
I don`t think it is. I have a PC not a Mac
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:12 am
by Tempus
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
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:09 am
by [PX]Kal Bob
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:46 am
by Ghost [PX]
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:10 pm
by [PX] Nebuchadnezzar
what Bob said. PC means Personal Computer. weather you run AMD parts, Intel Parts, Apple parts, still a PC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:38 pm
by [PX]IronFist
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".
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:43 pm
by Ghost [PX]
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:51 pm
by [Fallen]Thumperup
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
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:40 pm
by Tempus
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
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:49 pm
by [PX]IronFist
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:00 pm
by Ghost [PX]
Damn straight. By the definition that is proposed, neither bob nor I would be running "PC's".
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:14 pm
by [Fallen]Thumperup
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
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:21 pm
by Ghost [PX]
By that logic you run and AMD system NOT a PC, since you can only run AMD compatible parts in it.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:04 am
by [Fallen]Thumperup
By what I meant by that comment was that you can plug a normal PCI sound card into either Amd or Intel.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:50 am
by [PX]Kal Bob
Normal? to a mac user a mac soundcard is normal. Normal is a very fixed point of view.