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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Desktops aren't exactly portable.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

A laptop is exactly the same as a desktop, just more portable.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

By that logic, a tablet is exactly the same as a laptop, just more portable.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

?

The internals and software of a laptop and a desktop are almost identical.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What? The components are the same and work exactly the same way, maybe on just less power and different thermal configurations on laptops. Meanwhile phones use a different CPU architecture (at least, I don't know the specifics of the rest), and a completely different OS structure. Meanwhile laptops use the exact same operating systems as desktops.

The same software will work the same in a desktop vs a PC, but that is not the case between a pc and a phone. It could in principle, because they are capable of the same things, but in practice it needs a rewrite, and so a lot of software doesn't exist on phones.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Apple's putting its own chips - the same chips - in both its MacBook and iPad product lines. Their iOS also shares significant architecture with macOS, and is basically a derivative thereof.

Meanwhile, my tablet is running Windows 10 on its Intel i7 CPU.

[-] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

SkyeStarfell already said it more politely than I was going to, but you can also sign things from phones. The point was that it doesn't have to be a written signature so the tablet medium provides no benefit.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Tablets are larger than phones.

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