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Macs fundamentally can't be personal computers since they're entirely controlled by apple. Any computer running nonfree software can't be a personal one
by mghackerlady 10mo ago
Macs fundamentally can't be personal computers since they're entirely controlled by apple. Any computer running nonfree software can't be a personal one
- kube-system 10mo agolol so the IBM PC isn't a PC?
- wizzwizz4 10mo agoThere are free BIOSes.
- kube-system 10mo agoIBM didn't ship any on their PC
- wizzwizz4 10mo agoSo? You can replace the ROM chip (or flash it, if it's an EEPROM). The whole point of free software is that you don't have to limit yourself to what the manufacturer says you can do.
- kube-system 10mo agoI was responding to: > Any computer running nonfree software can't be a personal one
- wizzwizz4 10mo agoNow that I understand it, this is an excellent point.