Mac and Apple

Sikes99 · #1 October 21st, 2009, 04:17 PM

Can you tell me the difference between an apple and a mac, or are terms interchangeable?
Thanks.

george

sgould · #2 October 21st, 2009, 04:50 PM

Apple is the company. They make Apple Macintosh computers. Now abbreviated to Mac, MacBook, iMac etc.

And iPods and lots of other things.

Greg_Reez · #3 October 21st, 2009, 04:52 PM

Apple is the name of the corporation, Mac is the line of computers and laptops (short for Macintosh). People who don't know any better sometimes use the terms interchangeably.

DeltaMac · #4 October 21st, 2009, 04:53 PM

Apple is the name of the company (Apple, Inc.), which has been around about 35 years. Their first product was the Apple Computer (the Apple 1)
About 10 years later, Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, which was originally a small beige all-in-one box, with a mono 9-inch screen.
They've kept that Macintosh name, or Mac.
The term Apple could refer to any product sold with Apple's name on it.
Mac or Macintosh really only refers to products sold with that name, including computers, and operating system. (Mac OS X, or Power Mac G4, etc)

Of course, you may be asking for the difference between a baked apple, and mac 'n cheese. Well, that's not interchangeable either!

Sikes99 · #5 October 21st, 2009, 08:50 PM

Thanks for the clarification; until now everyone that I have posed that question to has always left me scratching my head instead.

Thanks again.

george

Satcomer · #6 November 14th, 2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sikes99

Thanks for the clarification; until now everyone that I have posed that question to has always left me scratching my head instead.

Thanks again.

george

Plus correct people the differences between a Mac (short for Macintosh) and a MAC (Media Access Control address). Trolls never get that one right and look like fools!