6 May
2002
6 May
'02
5:31 p.m.
OK so it's Macintosh, then, right?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner" <spc(a)conman.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
It was thus said that the Great Richard Erlacher once
stated:
>
> so ... what conclusion should one draw from this? When the Apple guys
spelled
it
differently, what did they change?
The apple you eat is a McIntosh (no `a', `I' capitalized) and is named
after the farmer that first grew them. The Apple you compute on is the
Macintosh (includes `a', the `i' is not capitalized).
Why Apple Computer changed the spelling, I don't know.
-spc (Maybe to please some lawyers or something ... )