Why are mac computers called macs?

Answer 1

A Mac is called a Mac because it's short for Macintosh. The lead designer on the project was Jef Raskin, whose favorite apple is the McIntosh. Apple Legal decided to change the spelling because McIntosh is a brand of very fancy audio equipment. PC is short for "Personal Computer." In the 1970s and early 1980s we said a "home computer" was a very small desktop that would be good for games and homework, and a "personal computer" was something you'd have at work. IBM decided to call its new computer the "IBM Personal Computer." That's what the label said. Naturally, everyone abbreviated Personal Computer to "PC," and later the "IBM" part got dropped. I much prefer the terms "Mac" and "Windows box" but some people don't agree..

Answer 2

The company that builds the Macintosh is Apple. One variety of apple fruit is the Macintosh. It was clever for Apple to make a computer named for a kind of apple, the "Macintosh."
Including the Power Mac, eMac and iMac, and the MacBook series, there have been less than ten products with only the 'Mac' abbreviated form of Macintosh.
Including all the various 'Macintosh' products such as Power Macintosh, Macintosh Centris, Macintosh Classic, Macintosh II, and Macintosh Portable, there are more than twenty products.
Apple's products have become popular and well know. The 'Mac' term of endearment is often applied to many of the Apple products.

Answer 3

PC stands for Personal Computer.