On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:13:15 -0700, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>Hello! > >Since newer Macs and their Mac OS X can do PC stuff with dual boot, >virtual programs (e.g., VMware and VirtualBox), use other OS (e.g., >Linux), etc. Would you consider them PCs now? > >My friend (a PC guy :P) and I had a debate that they are not PCs. To me, >they are PCs since they can do PCs stuff. He argued it can't do >PC/Windows games, use all the latest and greatest PC peripherials and >cards from day 1, etc. > >What do you guys think? Thank you in advance. :)
To me a PC has always been a personal computer, so to me any inexpensive workstation or laptop is a PC. On a more technical level, the original IBM PC's legacy extends through many generations to modern Intel x86 hardware which is largely defined by a set of hardware which is largely identical to what you'd find inside a modern Mac. No matter how you define it, a modern Intel-based Mac is a PC and the only thing that could possibly keep it from being considered a PC is the proprietary code which ties OSX to Apple hardware but even that can be circumvented by people build "Hackintoshes" on generic non-Apple hardware. So really, there is no difference between a PC and a Mac these days except for the operating system and even that is a minor difference because many Mac users also run Windows on their machines through either Boot Camp or through a virtual machine like VMWare or Parallels. -- Cause, really, nothing says "I'm a counter culture rebel, fighting the establishment" like an Aibo on a skateboard. - Seen on Slashdot
