Flying Squid to Political [email protected] • 3 months agoTHAT'S DIFFERENT!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down115
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 months 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.