OT: The semantics of the terms PC/Mac

[Mark C. Miller]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:54:21 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:

> 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....

As the OP who started this mess ...

I work in a school that is heavily Mac.  Everyone simply refers to the 
"mac Labs', the teacher's "Mac's ( 99% laptops).  We have some 
specialized classrooms that run Ubuntu on a thin-client architecture.  
They're "the Ubuntu Labs".  Our business department department runs 
Windows, but they are simply referred to as "PCs".  My desktop computer 
is a Windows/Wubi machine, which is simply called "Mark's Computer".

My use of the term PC came from the shorthand used in my work place.  
There PC = Windows.

When I said "PC", I did, indeed, mean Windows.  I have also been guilt of 
"windoze" and "window$.  I use them as simply a pejorative term because I 
don't care for their business practices.  At the same time, when I use 
"mac" I mean it in the same way. Friends who do a lot of graphic work 
swear by them, but they keep a second computer with a different OS for 
all their other work.

So, the short answer (I know, too late) is yes I mean my days of running 
Windows. 

I apologize and will try to be more specific in my language in the future.

mcm

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Mark C. Miller, Indianapolis Indiana USA