Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 days agoTHAT'S DIFFERENT!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down127
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minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 days agoI might be dumb. PC vs Mac is a common way to differentiate. Laptop vs stationary is a common way to differentiate. Isn’t “PC Laptop” a pretty descriptive and non-overlapping way to unambinguiusly distinguish the item?
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoIt’s mostly a marketing gimmick, same as people who say “tablet or iPad”. In this case in particular is complaining about windows, it would be a stretch to think it’s an apple computer.
I might be dumb. PC vs Mac is a common way to differentiate. Laptop vs stationary is a common way to differentiate. Isn’t “PC Laptop” a pretty descriptive and non-overlapping way to unambinguiusly distinguish the item?
It’s mostly a marketing gimmick, same as people who say “tablet or iPad”.
In this case in particular is complaining about windows, it would be a stretch to think it’s an apple computer.