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Sorry, I'm old-school. A computer is a device.


> A computer is a device.

Correct. A computer is a device. Snow Leopard and Mavericks--your two examples-- are, however, not computers.


Oh, good grief, do you really need to get that pedantic? Apple made computers (devices) that ran those operating systems, and that combination mostly Just Worked (at least it did for me).


Pedantism is trotting out the fact that yeah, you can find plenty of people still running Windows-whatever on their Gateways, or lovingly cared-for TRS that still "just works". The point is that by and large, Apple devices are built in with planned obsolescence in mind (see the lawsuit they settled a few months ago about literally this).


> Apple devices are built in with planned obsolescence in mind.

They are now. They didn't used to be. My 2012 MBP is still humming right along. Earlier models were repairable and expandable and even had easily replaceable batteries.




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