whats the difference between a logic board and motherboard?

[bluedoggiant]

what is each for? are they the same thing but have different names? thanx, im just very confused. i keep hearing the ram goes on the logic board, and the processor is on the motherboard, but i only see one board (according to my PC), im a macca now, well, i have been for a while, like 2 years

 

[Techguy172]

A logic board is a motherboard.

 

[xUKHCx]

Same things different names, generally mac people call it logic board and pc users call it motherboard.

 

[Cave Man]

Same things different names, generally mac people call it logic board and pc users call it motherboard.

That's because PC users have real Freudian issues.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Same things different names, generally mac people call it logic board and pc users call it motherboard.

because we mac users are smart

so it must be called a "logical board"

thanks for making me understand!

 

[NorCalMac]

I always thought it was because on a logic board some processes are being done right on the board as well as the CPU. While a mother board is just a place for the CPU to mount.

 

[SaSaSushi]

I always thought it was because on a logic board some processes are being done right on the board as well as the CPU. While a mother board is just a place for the CPU to mount.

From Wikipedia:

A logic board is the Apple Macintosh equivalent of a motherboard. The term "logic board" was coined back in the 1980s, when the compact Macs at the time had two separate circuit boards, the Logic Board, containing all of the computer's "logic" circuitry (processor, RAM, etc.), and the analog board, containing all of the hardware necessary to drive the built-in display and to power the rest of the computer's components. The term "logic board" stuck over the years of Macintosh manufacturing, even in the non-all-in-one Macs. A longtime practice for Apple when an existing model was upgraded was to offer a 'logic board upgrade' where a user could bring their computer into an Apple dealer and have the old logic board replaced with the new one, along with other upgrades necessary to bring their computer in line with the new model's specs. The old logic board would be kept by the dealer as a trade in.

 

[Gibson88]

As people have said, it's just Apples version of a Motherboard.