A Nonny Moose Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 MAC is an acronym for the Mid-American Conference among others and is not the shorthand for a Macintosh computer. The correct abbreviation is Mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Also commonly usually used for: A MAC address, short for Media Access Control address, is a unique code assigned to most forms of networking hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-68106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaiOSX Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 If i'm not wrong, it also means "pimp" in French slang pimp n. <pimp> : 1. (Colloquial) souteneur n.m. 2. (Colloquial) maquereau n.m. -x (Familier) 3. (Colloquial) barbeau n.m. -x (Familier) 4. mac n.m. (souteneur) (Argot) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-68108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lane Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Mac, MAC, Apple, APPLE, and Expensive all mean the same thing to me.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-68115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteice Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Mac = computer Apple = company x86 = processor architecture ex.: "I think MAC should sell x86!!!!!!!" becomes: "I think Apple should sell OS X for generic PCs!!!!!!!" I rest my case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-69662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 This is really stupid And I replied to it. Hmmmm..............................Pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Seriously close the topic asap, so that stupid users like me dont post about stupid stuff. Hmmmmm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-69857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 If i'm not wrong, it also means "pimp" in French slang You are right, a mac is a pimp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-69864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pion Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 who cares, we in Mac forum. Mac & MAC same just. if u in Network forum..then its a different story. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-69882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Da MAC is one pimped out computer Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10857-its-mac-not-mac/#findComment-81314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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