Retronym: computer website

[Dan Goncharoff]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> Seattle, WA


I think you are right and you are wrong.

Apple itself calls a Mac a Mac and would never call itself a PC. It uses
the term PC for all the Wintel boxes when making comparisons:

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/mac/how-difficult-is-it-to-switch-from-pc-to-mac/Q7XTPJ2D47F297YY9

Much of the rest of the world, however, uses PC to refer to all desktop
machines, including those made by Apple:

http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,2355085,00.asp

" Slimmer and faster, the Apple iMac 21.5-inch (Late 2012) is the desktop
PC to buy if you're looking to avoid the whole touch-screen conundrum."

DanG

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