In Reply to: RE: Apple clearly differentiates their 'Computer' lines, Mac Pro, iMac and MacBooks... posted by Sprezza Tura on March 22, 2015 at 08:50:17:
iOS does not work fine for portable web browsing. If you go to some music webwsites and attempt to download music files that are packaged in .zip files (many sites including mine do this) then the download goes off into limbo. The user thinks the download failed, i.e. there is something wrong with the site. If the user uses a decent operating system this works smoothly. BTW, this problem has existed for years. I can't help but cynically believe this is deliberate on the part of Apple, since it drives music downloaders to the iTunes store.
There are two definitions of "computer" that I use. First, is the computer science definition, which says that the device contains a processor that is Turing complete (with the exception that its memory is bounded). Second is the programmer definition, if it is possible to load and run programs on the machine. This covers the "walks like a duck" and "talks like a duck" conditions with respect to the iOS devices. I have no use for marketing definitions as they are BS that is deliberately concocted to confuse and deceive potential buyers, particularly when used by companies that are, or were recently, managed by psychopaths.
Of all of my living relatives, there is only one of my cousins who is older than I. All of my generation's living relatives are facile with various computer types, some more than others. I have been working with and using computers since 1960.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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