OSx is unix Sent from my iPad
On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:09, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course computers made by apple are personal computers. However the MS/DOS > (later wintel) crowd claimed "Personal computer" to mean a MS/DOS machine > upon the release of the IBM PC almost 30 years ago. > > Even Apple acquiesced to the terminology in their Mac vs PC ads a few years > ago. > > unfortunate, but that is the way it is. "PC" means "M$" or "M$ or *nix" > Mac means any PC running the Mac os. > > If you are running *nix on a mac platform, then you are left out of the > industry terminology, so you have to say "*nix running on a mac" to describe > yourself. > > Kind of like "is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" > >> > LWB250 wrote: >> >>> If you are going to go PC, >> >> Isn't an Apple a PC? Personal Computer? Some of the first ones >> were made by Apple. And Atari, and Commodore, etc. >> >> -- Philip >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
