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That depends.

To lots of people (myself included), "PC" means "personal computer" and include desktop and laptops from Apple.

However in the 1980s/1990s, there were "PCs" and "Macs". PC was anything running Windows (etc.) and a "Mac" was from Apple (i.e. a Macintosh). Apple (and many Apple fans) continue to use "Mac" instead of "PC". I've had Apple fans ask me if I use "a Mac or a PC?" (Since I use Linux, I don't know what to say :P)



I usually say "I run Linux."


The difference being that back in the olden days Macs used completely different processors etc while now Macs uses the same IBM PC compatible hardware.


How about answering "a computer"? :-)




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