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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by comex on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:03AM (#13217837)
No offense, but this is like one of those false stories in politics that keeps spreading no matter what the fact checkers say. I've seen that quote posted on HN like five times now. It doesn't mean what you think it means. Tim Cook isn't actually so undisciplined that he would call an entire product line of his company useless in an interview.

In Apple's world, "PC" means Windows PC; the Mac is not a "PC". As Gruber noted[1], remember the ad campaign - "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC..."

[1] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/10/31/cook-why-would-y...

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by canuckintime on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @04:46AM (#13218597)
And I've seen that DaringFireball 'rebuttal' posted a couple of times even though it's false

"No Gruber is just plain wrong. I thought I remembered Cook using "PC" to mean Mac and WinPC, and, after a little Googling, found I was right" [1]

[1] https://myfreakinname.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hodgman-is-n...

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by dkonofalski on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:38PM (#13239308)
That looks like the manifesto of someone that's gone completely crazy.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by pjmlp on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:43AM (#13217972)
Well they have videos pushing the iPad Pro as computer replacement.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zPYW6Ipgok

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by comex on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @03:01AM (#13218241)
Yes, Apple definitely wants the iPad to work as a computer replacement, but they also recognize it's not good enough as a replacement for most power users (yet). In fact, in the same article as the "why would you" quote, Tim Cook goes on to say the iPad Pro can replace "a notebook or a desktop for many, many people". "A notebook or a desktop", unlike "a PC", does include Macs, but saying the iPad Pro can replace them for "many, many people" implies it can't for others.
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