We also need to look at the other half of the equation: what would you say makes an M1 Mac substantially not "an iPad with a keyboard"? What is the distinguishing feature that clearly makes it a PC and clearly not an iPad?īrass Monkey wrote:Saying that an M1 MacBook Air is an iPad, is like saying that a Windows PC is a pocket calculator, just because it is capable of performing the same functions. Which raises a question: does even Apple now call the M1 Mac a PC? Do you have a reference for that? However, they have not changed the definition of a PC: nobody has called their product a PC unless they wanted to deliberately obfuscate and confuse their clients, and on that I can only think of a couple of companies selling SBCs. Since adopting the PC form factor Apple have been at the forefront of pushing forward new hardware standards, particularly with USB: I don't think we'd have USB performance where it is now without Apple setting the example. PowerPC Macs were not PCs either, and not even Steve Jobs would have debated that. Macs for the last few years (since PowerPC was ditched) have indeed been PCs - it is possible to install any PC x86 OS on that same hardware. Usually running DOS or Windows, but not necessarily. with those form factors and associated standards for slots, drive bay sizes etc. But in the years since 1983 it has been used as a contraction of "IBM PC or compatible" and refers to an x86-based personal computer descended from the IBM line, i.e. This is my definition, which I think accords with that of most other people: prior to the IBM PC, the term PC just meant "Personal Computer". If you don't agree with its accurancy then perhaps you can explain your definition of a PC, in the modern context. An "M1 Mac is an iPad with a keyboard" seems to be a pretty good way to get the important point across, and I didn't invent it, I merely adopted it as a useful BS cutter after it was coined by a Mac user in the thread I referred you to.
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