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From: "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com>
To: All
Subject: Re: Would you consider newer Ma
Date:Sat, July 05, 2008 10:34 PM


In article <C485A7BE.41E347%rlhaar@comcast.net>,
Robert Haar <rlhaar@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 6/23/08 9:13 AMJun 23, "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?
>
> Macs have always been personal computers (PCs). It is just that Microsoft
> hijacked the term.

ITYM IBM hijacked the term. I remember stuff being sold as "IBM PC
compatible."

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in
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for selfishness. (John Kenneth Galbraith)


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