Definition of "Mac"

Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment.

1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 37, page 46

Built by Matthew Weed, a blind political science and history major, and Victor Grigorieff, a computer science and psychology major, the system is based on a Macintosh IIfx, although it can run on earlier models, since each Mac program has a similar interface.

1991, “Breaking Communications Barriers”, in Compute!, volume 13, number 9, pages 28–31

Apple, IBM, and Motorola have teamed up to produce this 32-bit chip that will be used in future Apple Macintoshes and IBM PCs. PowerPC systems will run Mac or Unix programs, and possibly Windows software in the future.

1993, “The New Microprocessors Powerchips”, in Popular Science, volume 243, number 1, page 58

If you invest the time to learn one Windows or Mac program, you'll automatically have mastered the basic skills to use hundreds of others.

1993, “The Newest Appliance”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 115, number 21, page 90

As this shift accelerates, finding software that works with a particular operating system will be less of a concern. People will be able to base decisions about which OS to use strictly on merit, and on personal preference. For me, if the choice is between struggling to configure every feature and being able to boot up and get to work, at long last I choose the Mac.

2007, “Uninspiring Vista”, in Technology Review, volume 110, number 1, pages 72–4

Oddly, the big difference didn't come in our user ratings, where we expected the famously friendly Mac interface to shine.Apple's popular commercials have painted the picture in stark terms: There are two types of people, Mac people and PC people.

2008, Glenn Derene, “Mac VS. PC”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 185, number 5, page 86