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How did Apple get to the point where it removed itself from the 'personal computer' category?

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Ryno
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'Macs' are Personal Computer's...
May 19 2008 11:03AM
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miroz
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What?  You mean like not laptop computers?  Thats dumb, I thought they were.  I don't know how you came about this discovery, but now how do you explain all the personal laptops and Ibooks and whatever else there are?
May 19 2008 11:14AM
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Ericpbp
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I think its a self proclamation.  They are PCs but they just want to be different. 
May 19 2008 11:18AM
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Ryno
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No i mean how in the commercials, it makes it look like the battle is Mac vs. PC.

Mac is a brand.
PC is not (Even though Apple wants you to think its M$). PC is a label for a type of digital device (a personal computer) which a Mac is.

How did they manage to get to this point?

Seems kinda fucked up no?
May 19 2008 11:18AM
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freestyler540
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by definition macs are PCs, I dont know whats the is big deal.
May 19 2008 11:23AM
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kepler.
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Hahah you're right. Seems like one of those things I'd think of when I'm high.
May 19 2008 11:25AM
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uni-corn
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I have always wondered the same thing....

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May 19 2008 11:26AM
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R-Bertsch
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technically you are right... BUT with those mac vs. pc commercials everyone knows they are referring to windows, and they probably would say windows but they would get hit with a bunch of lawsuits and shit so...
May 19 2008 11:27AM
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timmi
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its marketing. they wanted to stand out from the crowd. you either have a mac, and your hip and shit, or you have a pc and your just like everyone else.
May 19 2008 11:29AM
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comeatmebro
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idk though cause mcdonald's and burger king do that as well as pepsi and coke and other companies directly go for each other...
May 19 2008 11:34AM
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0123456789
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thats like i think its wendys that says, "it wendys not fast food" or something.
May 19 2008 12:50PM
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[tightpants]
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Technically, you're right. Macs are "personal computers." However, PC has become the generally accepted term for any kind of computer (laptop or desktop) that runs windows for an operating system. I don't know how this came to be, but you're right--when you think about it, the term doesn't really make sense.
May 19 2008 3:50PM
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Ryno
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But how did it come to be that way? How did Apple do that?
May 19 2008 3:55PM
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coop-son
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its like wendys saying there not fast food


pricks.
May 19 2008 3:59PM
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crazyfuck
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dude, it's always been pc v. mac.  they run a very different OS and the hardware is different.  there ya go.
May 19 2008 4:13PM
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SHastatahoe
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PC is a term that has been given to generic personal computers.  companies like Dell, Gateway, HP etc. . . have embraced the PC term and you will see it in their commercials and advertisements. 

It is a marketing ploy, to differentiate themselves.  it is working isnt it?  They have created an image different from the norm, which, if you have seen their stock prices and profits, you will see that it is working. 

Just don't think about it, its stupid to contemplate.
May 19 2008 4:18PM
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crazyfuck
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dude, Wendy's is way better than about 96% of fastfood out there, so you bite your tongue.  where the fuck else can you get a jr. bacon chee AND a baked potato AND a small pepsi?  fucking nowhere, that's what i thought.  that and Dave is the shit.
May 19 2008 4:23PM
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BonersinmyassFTW
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I don't like those Mac comercials.  They're like all the pepsi commercials where it is just dirrectly saying "Pepsi is better than Coke".  I agree pepsi is better than coke, and I would also probably prefer to have a "mac" than a "PC" but the commercials really annoy me

May 19 2008 4:24PM
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=Worf=
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actually they are reforing to aple vs DOS operatring systems. widows (no matter what mcrosoft trys to tell you operates over DOS.  apple on the other hand has its own proprietary operating system that operates independently.  but yes they or pc as in personal computers
May 19 2008 4:25PM
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pmills
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Mac is a lifestyle:  iLife
May 19 2008 4:33PM
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b-kul
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im hip and shit!
May 19 2008 4:48PM
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colin13
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ya i noticed that but i just assumed the two companies in each of those ad wars just struck a deal with each other. that way they both get more publicity and overshadow any other similar companies.
May 19 2008 4:55PM
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jack_weisman
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its self proclaimed obviously, PC = bad, Macs = good. but yea i guess they didn't figure that many people would realize that, i mean i didn't even think of it until now. But personally i really do find that macs are pretty sweet. i used to be completely microsoft, but i started using a mac, and they have so many little things that make it so much easier. like take the f9 button, i use that all the time, its really helpful. i know this is not really want the thread is about or what your asking, but it has to just be a marketing ploy.
May 19 2008 6:10PM
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sktrkdo7
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eh its just there marketing sales pitch. and obv its working everyone and their grandmothers is vigorously riding apples thrusting dick
May 19 2008 6:50PM
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Snowcase
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They blatantly say Vista all the time. I hate vista too but I'd take xp or linux over a mac any day.
May 19 2008 6:54PM
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Sir_SkrillALot
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I think to be a personal computer you have to be able to right click LOL!
May 19 2008 6:59PM
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Ben.
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while others continue to take it in the ass from windows/pcs...

face it some people like windows some ppl like macs
May 19 2008 7:14PM
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.KYLE.
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ow, my head hurts. whats my dell qualified as?

its got Vista, Ubuntu linux, and Mac.

maby its a Mapcux?
May 19 2008 7:17PM
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skiminnesota
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i am sensing a mass conspiracy that started in the apple marketing department.
May 19 2008 7:19PM
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0123456789
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a very valid point, but it is still fast food no matter what they say.
May 19 2008 9:01PM
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