because i always thought pc stood for personal computer
and isn't Mac a computer ?
2006-10-29 14:08:56 · 12 answers · asked by jan d 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Jan, I can understand your confusion.
Yes, the abbreviation for a Personal Computer is PC.
The Apple MAC is a PC.
Dell, HP. IBM, Gateway, etc are all PC's
But to differentiate between a Windows or OS/2 (IBM)-based PC and a MAC, the PC term was associated with the aforementioned and the MAC ...well... is a MAC..(thank GOD!)
Hence MAC vs PC.
Now to confuse you even further, not all computers are personal computers, there are mainframes, midranges, and supercomputers. A PC is a computer that can be placed on a desk.
2006-10-29 14:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by maewestfan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a Mac is a PC strictly speaking. But, it is generally accepted in the computer world that when you say PC, you are talking about a computer that is running Winodws and uses any off the shelf hardware and motherboard.
A Mac on the other hand runs OSX and uses specific hardware and specific motherboards due to limitations and hardware restrictions in the OS itself. You can call a Mac a PC if you wish but don't ever say it to the face of a Mac owner.
2006-10-29 14:21:44 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your wrong. A PC is made by Microsoft and they call it a PC. Apple makes the Mac and we call it an Apple. PC does stand for Personal Computer but if you call a MAC a PC you would be wrong. You would call a MAC an "Apple".
2006-10-29 14:23:28 · answer #3 · answered by Michael W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well macs are nice because they always work perfectly out of the box. But there's pretty much no way to upgrade them so in a couple of years you can't just add RAM or hardrive. PC wins for gaming hands down. You can run windows 7 in xp mode, it makes it alot faster. But I don't see how you can only get 30fps. Maybe you have a bad monitor, maybe you need a faster CPU, or it might simply be lag, maybe even a power problem. I have close to the same specs as you but VISTA, not even 7, and I can run almost any game perfectly.
2016-05-22 06:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are computers but pc is the term use for any computer that Runs microsoft window operating system. Where as macs use there own OS software.
2006-10-29 14:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by bigmike3323 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PC is a generic term meaning Personal Computer.
It is generally used to refer to systems running the Windows operating system from Microsoft.
The MAC is a term used to describe a personal computer running
the Macintosh operating system from Apple.
2006-10-29 14:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, pc does mean personal computer. I guess since windows came first thats what people refer to pc as. Yeah a mac is a pc.
2006-10-29 14:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....you are not Wrong....an MAC is a Kind of a PC.......it is Only that it has an Different Type of an Operating System....and Works the BEST.
2006-10-29 15:22:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, A mac is not a pc. a mac is a computer made by apple inc. and running the Mac OS operating system. A PC is a computer made by pretty much anyone else running either WIndows or Linux.
2006-10-29 14:17:46 · answer #9 · answered by meanburrito920 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
technically, yes, you're wrong. :p
a pc (personal computer) is generally used tor refer to the IBM platform for computer, the ones that run windows. macs (macintosh) on the other hand run macintosh operating systems.
their main difference lies on their motherboards, processors and the machine language that lies inside them to process computer instruction.
2006-10-29 14:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by hapones120 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋