Why can the Ipad Pro laptop be called a replacement where it doesn't even have an x86 processor?

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Presented me the Ipad Pro with Mac OS instead of IOS Apple and I let the word laptop be used

Ki

Are the MacBooks no longer laptops as soon as they use an ARM processor from 2021 or 2022? I don't think an x86 processor makes up a laptop.

st

What should the processor have to do with it?

Wasn't the C64 a PC because it had an 8-bit?

An iPad Pro can be operated with a mouse and keyboard and the functionality is sophisticated enough that it can do the most important functions of the laptop for occasional use.

Ha

Are the Apple Powerbooks with their Motorola / PowerPC processors not notebooks?

Why can the Ipad Pro laptop be called a replacement where it doesn t even have an x86 processor

https://de.wikipedia.org/.../PowerBook

Li

Because neither the processor (or its architecture) nor the operating system are relevant for the definition of a laptop.

And while we're at it: You can e.g. Also install Android (more precisely Android-x86) on a "normal" laptop or, if "accidentally" one with a ARM processor also has a "normal" Android.

Po

And I let I use the word laptop

I think you overestimate your influence.