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No offense, but this is like one of those false stories in politics that keeps spreading no matter what the fact checkers say. I've seen that quote posted on H
by comex 10y ago
No offense, but this is like one of those false stories in politics that keeps spreading no matter what the fact checkers say. I've seen that quote posted on HN like five times now. It doesn't mean what you think it means. Tim Cook isn't actually so undisciplined that he would call an entire product line of his company useless in an interview.
In Apple's world, "PC" means Windows PC; the Mac is not a "PC". As Gruber noted[1], remember the ad campaign - "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC..."
[1] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/10/31/cook-why-would-you-buy-a-pc-anymore http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/10/31/cook-why-would-y...
- pjmlp 10y agoWell they have videos pushing the iPad Pro as computer replacement. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zPYW6Ipgok https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zPYW6Ipgok
- comex 10y agoYes, Apple definitely wants the iPad to work as a computer replacement, but they also recognize it's not good enough as a replacement for most power users (yet). In fact, in the same article as the "why would you" quote, Tim Cook goes on to say the iPad Pro can replace "a notebook or a desktop for many, many people". "A notebook or a desktop", unlike "a PC", does include Macs, but saying the iPad Pro can replace them for "many, many people" implies it can't for others.
- canuckintime 10y agoAnd I've seen that DaringFireball 'rebuttal' posted a couple of times even though it's false "No Gruber is just plain wrong. I thought I remembered Cook using "PC" to mean Mac and WinPC, and, after a little Googling, found I was right" [1] [1] https://myfreakinname.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hodgman-is-not-tim-cook-term-pc.html https://myfreakinname.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hodgman-is-n...
- dkonofalski 10y agoThat looks like the manifesto of someone that's gone completely crazy.