OT: The semantics of the terms PC/Mac

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As an aside, it irks me greatly to see people referring to Windows as
>> "Windoze" or derivations thereof. Why not called it by its real name?
> 
> Microsloth Windows - /mi:'kroh-sloth" win"dohz/ (Or "Windoze",
> /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for Microsoft Windows [...snip...]. Also
> called just "Windoze", with the implication that you can fall asleep
> waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on
> Usenet.
> 
> I've heard/seen it as a verb too - "he windozed while waiting for the
> program to load..."
> 
> Take with a grain of salt, of course ;)
> 
> Chris
> 

	Then there is also the fact that PC means personal computer. A computer 
for one person. Which is what a Mac is too....

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