▲ 332 ▼ Microsoft closes the door on Windows 11 supporting older hardware (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (7 children) Why do people capitalize all of Mac? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 years ago They bought a Mass Accelerator Cannon from the UNSC permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Its a Media access control address, AKA MAC address that he bought ofc. It lives inside his ethernet card. I'm up too early, sorry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Mac/PC is kinda a silly dichotomy now that they're both actually EFI/ARM. permalink fedilink source parent [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They're all PCs they just aren't IBM (compatible) PCs. Anything from a Workstation to a Smartphone is a Personal Computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I know ; just mocking the marketing terms permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago* It’s like in Unpretty, that 90s song by TLC: you can buy your hair if it won't grow you can fix your nose if you say so you can buy all the iPhones that MAC can make permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 years ago They bought a Mass Accelerator Cannon from the UNSC permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Its a Media access control address, AKA MAC address that he bought ofc. It lives inside his ethernet card. I'm up too early, sorry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Mac/PC is kinda a silly dichotomy now that they're both actually EFI/ARM. permalink fedilink source parent [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They're all PCs they just aren't IBM (compatible) PCs. Anything from a Workstation to a Smartphone is a Personal Computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I know ; just mocking the marketing terms permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Mac/PC is kinda a silly dichotomy now that they're both actually EFI/ARM. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They're all PCs they just aren't IBM (compatible) PCs. Anything from a Workstation to a Smartphone is a Personal Computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I know ; just mocking the marketing terms permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I know ; just mocking the marketing terms permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago* It’s like in Unpretty, that 90s song by TLC: you can buy your hair if it won't grow you can fix your nose if you say so you can buy all the iPhones that MAC can make permalink fedilink source parent