Actually the Mac is a PC (Personal Computer). So is an IBM compatible. They are personal computers. Although Apple may have coined the term first I am afraid it now applies to anything that computes and is used for personal use.
> From: Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:22:23 -0600 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PM 7500 64 bit? > >>>> The release of the AMD Athlon64 and the G5 are all I have >>>> heard of for PC users. > > The G5 is the first 64-bit Personal Computer, but it's a Macintosh. "PC" > users can't use the G5 as a "PC." I'm not sure ifyou were confused on this > or not, but it sounded like it. > Cheers, > Eric > > Sent from a PowerMac 7300/180 with Mac OS 7.5.5 and Microsoft Internet Mail > and News 3.0. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > God Bless!! > > ---------- >> From: Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: PM 7500 64 bit? >> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 13:56:44 -0600 >> >> Yeah, what he said. The data path may be 64 bit, but the entire computer > is >> 32 bit. Just like the old Mac II, the computer was 32 bit, but some of the >> ROM, etc, was only 24 bit. (So it wasn't a "true" 32 bit comp) Though in >> the 7500 the majority is 32bit. (And the G5 is the first 64 bit Personal >> Computer, though PC has 64 bit Servers and Workstations. >> Cheers, >> Eric >> >> >> Sent from a PowerMac 7300/180 with Mac OS 7.5.5 and Microsoft Internet Mail >> and News 3.0. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> God Bless!! >> >> ---------- >>> From: "Terry Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: PM 7500 64 bit? >>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:13:51 -0400 >>> >>> 64 bit data path != 64 bit processor. >>> >>> >>> >>> Terry Mathews >>>> I have seen posts of specs for the Power Macintosh 7500/100, which >>>> fortunately I have. Is it true the data patch on this Mac is 64 bit? > Even >>>> Apple lists it as a 64 bit path. >>>> >>>> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112322 >>>> http://www.apple-history.com/noframes/body.php?page=gallery&model=7500 >>>> >>> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_7500_100.htm > l >>>> >>>> I thought the G5 was the first 64 bit PC? I know 64 bit has been around >>> for >>>> a while now in the server area, but I have not heard of it on the PC >> world >>>> until recently. 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