Talk:Mac

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[edit] Mac (Computer)

The article currently states that Mac may mean Mac OS, an operating system that runs on Apple Macintosh computers, and its newest version Mac OS X -- I question whether just Mac ever refers to the OS software. Just the link to the line of computers (Macintosh) should be sufficient. --Himasaram 10:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Mac does refer to software in reference to the computing experience, to compatibility, and at least adjectivally, to the OS software itself. Software may indicate its compatibility with Mac OS X with a logo which reads simply, "Mac". [1] ~ RVJ 16:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, Mac supplanted Macintosh for the naming of new hardware by 1999. The Power Macintosh professional desktops were the last computers to lose the Macintosh moniker with the Power Mac G4 introduction. So "Mac" is no longer an abbreviation or colloquialism, it is both the popular and official name. In reference to current Apple products, "Macintosh" is all but expunged from use on Apple's site, notably excepting the Macintosh Product Guide, which is treated as an ongoing periodical's name. Try a search.[2]

The product name which Mac replaced represented a computer with hardware and OS provided as one. Understandably there remains some confusion as to what a Mac is even now that the lines between Apple hardware and OS software are just slightly blurred. ~ RVJ 16:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MAC vs Mac

The lead line currently says "Mac or MAC may refer to:", yet right before it mentions that MAC is a separate disambig page. IMHO, both pages are long enough that the MAC portions of the page should be moved over to MAC, and the intro line should only say "Mac may refer to:". (I know editors tend to add entries to the wrong page, but both pages pretty long, so it would be good if they could be kept separate). --Interiot 23:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Support. I'll clean some of it up myself. Each disambig page should reference the other disambig page, but they shouldn't list each other's articles. ~ RVJ 16:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] McDonalds?

People where i live say McDonalds as Mac a lot. Maybe should this be added?

--Kai81123 12:58, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Well...this isn't Urban Dictionary. So, I mention only incidentally that out of the 31 definitions submitted there for "Mac", none of them reference McDonald's. ~ RVJ 16:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)