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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by flukus on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:48AM (#13217989)
The mac is a personal computer.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by lobster_johnson on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @02:02AM (#13218036)
Yes, but "PC" has a very specific meaning in almost every context, and Apple never refer to their machines as PCs. Which is why Apple was able to run those "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by lmm on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:10AM (#13219141)
It really doesn't though. Apple fans may define "PC" differently, but to the ordinary person in the street, a Mac is a PC is a computer.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by PudgePacket on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:07AM (#13219864)
"never" is a bit strong, I have this video cover saying otherwise :) http://i.imgur.com/aEgG96c.jpg
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @04:19AM (#13218487)
Sure. But it's not a Personal Computer (or compatible).

The term PC does not refer to any computer intended for personal use, it refers to machines compatible with the IBM 5150 Personal Computer.

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by josteink on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:39AM (#13218780)
> Sure. But it's not a Personal Computer (or compatible).

Sure it is. It made out of stock X86 hardware components. It uses stock PC expansion modules. It can boot and run both Windows and Linux.

Exactly how is not a PC?

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:06AM (#13219852)
It's not about wether it can run Windows or Linux. It's about wether it can run PC-DOS 1.0 and applications written for it.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by tossedaway334 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:25AM (#13220006)
modern non-apple x86 uefi systems cannot run PC-DOS 1.0 or the applications written for it either.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by Aaargh20318 on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @03:59PM (#13232567)
Don't Non-Apple UEFI systems usually include a BIOS-emulation mode ?
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by lsadam0 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:05AM (#13219846)
If a modern mac does not meet that definition, then no modern hardware labeled as a 'PC' does.
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