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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by scholia on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:05AM (#13219844)
> many, many ordinary people buy them none the less.

True, but Windows still has around 90% (or more) of the global PC market. Windows actually brought computing to the masses. Apple didn't.

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by adamlett on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:19AM (#13219957)
We are using the same words to mean different things. When I say accessible, I mean approachable and usable, whereas you seem to mean affordable. When I say the masses, I mean in contrast to the elite, whereas you mean the overwhelming majority.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by scholia on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @10:48AM (#13220800)
Windows is approachable. MacOS isn't significantly different, in terms of usability, for the majority of the non-computerate public.

And however you define it, the fact is that Windows did bring computing to the masses and Apple didn't.

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