Well... I think that I have explained this many many many times in face-to-face situations, but I feel the need to educate all of you, online, on the correct use of the word MAC (and for that case Mac).

I keep reading things like:
"Go down to the MAC lab"
"Use a MAC, they are better"
"I use a MAC at home"
"MACs suck"

Now - english 101 for you:
MAC does not equal Mac (i.e. Macintosh computer, made by Apple)
MAC is all in capitals because it is an acronym!

MAC means Media Access Control when you are refering to computer hardware (see here)

quetion: So when is it appropriate to type "MAC" and mean "Apple Macintosh"?
answer: When all of your sentence is all in capital letters of course!
example: "I LOVE MY MAC!"
Incorrect: "our MACs run MACOS 9"


So please, please stop sounding like a dumb ass!


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