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rbanffy on June 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steve Jobs Presents His Ideas For A New Apple Camp...

"Macintosh" was also chosen because it's acronym-proof

tcdent on June 8, 2011 [–]

Still doesn't stop people from writing MAC instead of Mac; its an abbreviation, not an acronym!

rbanffy on June 8, 2011 | [–]

Things like these help separate the clueless from those you should pay attention to. It's a Good Thing.

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