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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: PC's
Message-ID: <15750@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 8 Apr 91 01:26:01 GMT
References: <8435@crash.cts.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8435@crash.cts.com> aford@pro-mansion.cts.com (Adam Ford) writes:
>Does anyone know why they call IBM PC's (Personal Computer) and they don't
>call Apple Computer PC's?
>IBM PC
>IBM PC, jr.
>Apple II PC?  (never)

That's easy -- "PC" is part of the proper name of the IBM toy computers,
but not of the proper name of any of the other brands.  One sometimes
hears "p.c." used to refer to ALL "personal computers", but due to the
possibility of confusion with the one specific brand (IBM PC), this is
less common than it was before IBM stepped into this market.