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Whats exactly is a "PC" or a "MAC"?

  • ok so this is how i think of it. there is know such thing. there just OS's ,but un informed people of the world who dont know what and OS is thing there types of computers. which the market has also put them out as. but you can have windows (mostly known as pc) on a mac computer, and snow leapord on a pc (dell, HP, ect...) . then you have linux too, which can go any where is wants. can someone please explain to me this concept ? a computer is a computer, and a OS is frankly all mainstream people know. did they apple market this way to make more cash? and if i had to pick your so called "PC" or "MAC"..... i'd be a linux. please no "Mac is better" or vice versa (pc)

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    A PC is a personal computer, it doesn't matter who made it or what operating system it runs. "Mac" is a brand name for line of PC's made by Apple Computer. A Mac is a Mac whether it's running Windows, OSX, or Linux.

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Mac has a very specific marketing agenda. To be honest, it's marketed mostly towards people who don't understand computers or have trouble understanding them. They say Mac VS PC because they want people who are inept with computers to think Mac is a good alternative. In reality, it's just another PC (Personal Computer). Only difference is that a "Mac" PC's are specifically sold with Mac brand operating systems, whereas most PC's that are actually called PC's are given with Windows, Linux, or another OS..

a pc is a "personal computer" a mac is an os brand like os X. yes it was a marketing idea i believe made by apple for the " mac vs. pc" commercials. it should be windows vs. mac. As for the actually cmputer part and not the os, they have all the same parts the only difference is the os installed.

A PC is a personal computer. In its broadest sense, it refers to any personal computer (including Macs), but it usually refers to a computer with an x86 CPU that runs Windows as an operating system, and less often, Linux. A Mac is a computer made by Apple that runs Mac OS (OS8, OS9, etc.)

Not quite. A Mac is a computer made by Apple. You can install any OS on this. A PC is a computer not made by apple. A Dell, HP, whatever. You can NOT put Mac software on a non-Mac, but you can put a non-Mac software on a Mac.

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