[Leica] You want to get a MAC for Post Processing?

Richard Man richard at richardmanphoto.com
Sat Dec 19 12:40:02 PST 2015


They are official called "Mac" with modifiers now, e.g. iMac, Macbook, Mac
Pro, etc.

No more "intosh" :-)

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> Sure, I have one of those (I am typing on it now). But that is still a
> Mac, not an “Apple”. As is my Macbook Air.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 19 Dec 2015, at 18:05, Bill Nelsch <photobynelsch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > iMac
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> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > wrote:
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> >> I have not heard anyone refer to them other than “Mac” for several
> years.
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> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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> >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >> YNWA
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> >>> On 19 Dec 2015, at 17:40, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> Now I'm curious:  Are they still known as Macintosh computers or are
> they
> >>> more accurately now known as Apple computers?
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> >>> Enquiring Minds Want To Know!
> >>>
> >>> Happy Holidays,
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> >>> --Bob
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net
> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> Here is one person's opinion on what MAC Laptops are best/worst
> suited
> >>>> for
> >>>>> the job...
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> >>>> Sometimes I hate to be that guy, but then I face up to the fact that I
> >>>> *am* that guy - the guy who just can't let go of particular peeves.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's like a burr under my saddle when people write "MAC" when talking
> >>>> about Macintosh computers.
> >>>>
> >>>> "PC" is correctly written "PC" (both letters capitalized) because it's
> >>>> an acronym - each capital letter standing for a word, in this case the
> >>>> words Personal Computer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Macintosh, on the other hand, shortens to "Mac" - only the first
> >>>> letter capitalized.  It's not an acronym, it's a shorter version of a
> >>>> single word.
> >>>>
> >>>> The only commonly-referred-to technical thing properly written as
> >>>> "MAC" (all caps) is Media Access Control, those personal physical
> >>>> hardware addresses network devices have.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here ends the rant.  You may go about your business.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Jeff
> >>>>
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