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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Racist Apple is targeting blacks only and abusing white women to
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:13:11 -0800
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On 2024-12-10 15:10, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>>> Did you claim that the reason you think Apple is "quirky" was because
>>>>>>>> their "hardware options are finite."?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes or no.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's not because they're finite but because they're *so* *quirkily*
>>>>>>> finite.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not what you said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What a shocker that you're changing your argument.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, what is, "quirkily* finite." supposed to mean?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to run macOS, you have to have Apple hardware.  The
>>>>> options for such are limited.
>>>>
>>>> And around the circle we go!
>>>>
>>>> You claimed that Apple was "quirky" because their "hardware options are
>>>> finite.".
>>>>
>>>> But that is true of EVERY maker of personal computers.
>>>
>>> It's true of the number of quarks in the universe, too.
>> Avoiding the fact that you can't call Apple "quirky" for having finite
>> hardware options...
>>
>> ...without saying the same about every other personal computer maker.
> 
> 
> Does Dell having 100 options to Apple's 10 equate?
> 

Is 100 a finite number?

Yes.

Does that mean Dell's options are finite?

Yes.

How is ANY of this equatable to "quirky"?

What is quirky about a company identifying what works for them and for a 
whole lot of customers and then operating that way?