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Pissed_Macman:
Also, I think you know full well the use of the letters PC. If you really want to nitpick, I suppose Macs are PCs as well (hell, it says PowerPC on the side of my Performa) but PC is commonly used in reference to non-Mac computers primarily designed to run Windows. I think you know this already.

Calum:
that does clear it up fine, and i now understand exactly what you mean (and incidentally agree with you), but i still think that your terminology is very misleading for anyone who sees the term PC luser before reading your little explanation here.

Yes, i am aware that PC tends to describe ix86 style computer setups, but like you say, a lot of Macs do have PC written on them, and there are quite a few Sun boxes and so on that easily fit into the PC category at a glance, but many PC type machines simply could not run windows. It's just the home computer thing (which is very high profile) that makes the average person refer to ix86 computers as PCs as if they are the only type of computer that exists. It's not up to people who do know the difference to perpetuate the myth...

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