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Re:New Electric Skateboard Models by stinos on Saturday November 22, 2014 @07:57AM (#8645458)
Windows is it's firmware

For a PC I'd rather call it the software, or the OS, and call the BIOS it's firmware. Which can usually be updated for free.

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Re:New Electric Skateboard Models by mschuster91 on Saturday November 22, 2014 @07:59AM (#8645461)
A PC with just a BIOS is unusable, though.
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Re:New Electric Skateboard Models by kaoD on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:47AM (#8645534)
A skateboard without wheels is unusable too, and wheels are not firmware either.
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Re:New Electric Skateboard Models by clamprecht on Saturday November 22, 2014 @10:07AM (#8645664)
A PC with a BIOS can run free operating systems such as Linux. In contrast, I assume this skateboard can only run their own software/firmware.
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