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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
I suppose IBM defines the first PC, 8088-based machine. So shall we assume the x86 plaform as PC then? However, you also pointed out Macs does runs on Intel Xeon Proc these days....so umm...chipset? Would you call a x68 computer running SUSE a PC?
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I'll go with what is said on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer
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Originally Posted by ellen feiss
What do you call a "Mac" that dual boot into Windows given now the similaries in hardware? This also proves the non-replacable elements Windows has (of course this point swings both ways).
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By the very definition of the term "Personal Computer" encompasses the Mac (Mac is just a trademark) as well. For the public-at-large & the press when refering to a Windows PC just calls it plainly as a PC & a Mac PC as a Mac.
This is similar to the differences of hackers & crackers. People-in-the-know when referring to a malicious hacker calls them "crackers". Again for the public-at-large & the press when refering to a malicious hacker still calls them plainly as "hackers".
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The fact is alot of Mac commercial these days stepping down on Windows users to uplift its superiority in a very narrow band of advantage is what pisses people off.
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Ads in general are ment to grab your attention & keep it as long as possible. It appears it has accomplished it's job & has resulted in 50% of sold the Macs sold are being bought by first time Mac users. So long as the direct comparison is truthful & isn't as offensive as the Sony PSP ads then it shouldn't be a problem. God forbid Apple use scantly clad models to sell their products.
If you were given the job of marketing Macs to the public what would you have done? You must be able to sell as many Macs as the ads appears to have done & have a growth rate of more than 15% vs the industry standard of 6%.
I'd rather Apple make fun of Windows at Microsoft's expense than them suing them for copying. The ads are poking fun at the Windows platform & not the users. It's like how everyone bashes the GameCube for being a kiddie video console or the Wii not having HD output.
I'm sure someone will chime in on Vista will eventually have these features as well without contending with the poofstah Apple brand but the question is who will execute the best implementation. Apple in many case can claim to be the first usable instance of many tech & often times have the most elegant.
To give the devil his due, Microsoft has contributed to & originated a number of innovative ideas as well, but frequently fails to deliver them as usable technologies. When they do, their efforts are often overlooked. Of course, after 5-7 billion in R&D, we have a certain expectation of some new innovations getting delivered within a year. If you really want to pan something, you only need to look no further than Vista's shrinking list of planned features, and a barren half decade of regular disappointments.
PCs have the flexibility to have superior hardware configuration than a Mac but after everything's said and done at the end of the day it's still Windows.
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