Using the term "PC" to refer to Windows computers is just one of those odd things that happened because IBM called their first microcomputer series "IBM PCs."  There were already several home and business computers at the time, so "IBM PC" was used to distinguish the IBM ones from others, like Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore 64, etc.

Eventually the phrase "IBM PC and compatibles" was adopted when Compaq and others began to sell computers compatible with the IBM PC series.  This distinguished those from the Apple MacIntosh and the Commodore Amiga.  Of course we know that people tend to shorten things.  It was probably during this time that it became popular to just say, "PC," "Mac," and "Amiga" to distinguish the various platforms.  That distinction stuck all during the time DOS was augmented with Windows, was turned into the Windows 9x series, and was replaced by the Windows NT series.  The term "PC" being used to refer to Windows based computers came about mostly because IBM used the generic term "PC" as a name for their line of personal computers back in the day.  If you want to blame someone, blame them.

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I was about to ask the same question.  I wasn't crashing with the last version either, so far as I had played into the game anyway.  I will have to try the latest version when I get home and report back later.  Right now I have installed the latest Catalyst (13.1), and I am on an AMD HD7870 running on Ubuntu Studio 12.10 64 bit.  I haven't run Psychonauts since I updated the driver, so that may make a difference as well.  I'll see how well this new arrangement works.

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