• @rottingleaf
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    87 days ago

    Because they don’t know that MAC is media access control, and Mac is Macintosh.

    I suspect it’s the “Mac vs PC” stereotype, and they think C stands for computer and MA stands hell knows for what. Because a PowerPC PC is not a PC, and an ARM PC is not a PC, and a SPARC PC is not a PC (OK, it’s a workstation, of the noble blood, not like the rest), and I think I’ve lost my thought.

    My reaction would not be switching to MacOS, because for something the users of which look down on Linux and FreeBSD, with all that “just works” and “made for Terrans” pathos, it surely is frustrating to use.

    Just some well-supported enough Linux would do.

    • @[email protected]
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      16 days ago

      They’re all PCs they just aren’t IBM (compatible) PCs. Anything from a Workstation to a Smartphone is a Personal Computer.

      • @rottingleaf
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        26 days ago

        I know ; just mocking the marketing terms

    • @nixcamic
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      17 days ago

      Mac/PC is kinda a silly dichotomy now that they’re both actually EFI/ARM.