I believe Mac is around 9% of revenue for Apple now. And maybe at lower margins than other products. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they tweaked iOS into providing a mediocre desktop/laptop variant and dropped MacOS altogether.
Why Apple Eventually Lost Me and I’m Switching Back to Windows
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#32There are many reasons to chose Mac or Windows. I would expect an article about why someone switched to be more nuanced than price. I mean price is a valid reason too, but not very insightful.
I used to balk at the Macbook price. Then I realized I spent nearly 10 hours a day on my laptop, that it was the source of my livelihood, and that I'd lost hours in frustration at the Windows experience.
Price makes sense as a complaint for most people, but for professionals whose job depends on their tools, I'd say it is worth it to splurge for a better experience.
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#33I've done it since this summer, going from a 2012 rMBP to a near-maxed out Thinkpad 480s (1 TB SSD, 24GB RAM for USD 2300? hell yeah..). Let me tell you though that as a mac user going to windows 10 you give up much more than a bit of polish - it's really cutting into your productivity. Just one tiny (but anger inducing) example: You can have either Windows Defender or a hangup-free Windows Explorer, but not both (an…
Every time you switch working environments, you'll incur a large loss of productivity to not knowing the UI tricks, shortcuts, and the edge cases. If you use the products similarly, though, you should build muscle-memory and productivity enhancements over the many month time-frame. I've used 3 different OS and this is how it's worked for me each time I transitioned.
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#34Serious question- is this a famous photographer or otherwise celebrity? I have no idea. I fully support anyone using the computer that works best for them. I even concede that Apple is not making their best stuff right now. I don’t understand why people write these types of essays. Are they trying to convince others to make the same decision? Are they looking for validation? I can see how this comes across as snark b…
People define themselves by what they buy. That's part of consumerism. Articles like this are just people expressing themselves.
Re: Why Apple Eventually Lost Me and I’m Switching Back to Windows
#35Just another run off the mill "I'm not getting another mac" complaint article. 1) Introduce myself by explaining how emotionally attached I was to the first Macs I bought 2) Complain about price 3) Complain about price some more 4) Did I mention price? 5) Windows has caught up to MacOS (which assumes Mac was ever ahead of Windows to begin with) 6) I'm an "x", and I do "y". I can do "y" just as well on Windows 7) Sinc…
Concerning the price I don't think it is a strong argument. I have never been a mac user, but I have friends who had quite old macs that were still performant enough after 8 years for running recent software. They paid more, but it lasted more.
Also for me spending time on a computer _is_ my job, so I don't mind spending some money on this for having good and professional material. I just bought a Dell Precision 5520 — 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM extendable to 32GB, UHD touchscreen, 8-10h battery lifetime, professional series, linux-compatiable http://dell.com/developer — that cost me at least as much as the equivalent by Apple I guess. But with such laptop I can be productive and I'm probably fine for years to come. It is worth investing in your professional tools IMHO.
Re: Why Apple Eventually Lost Me and I’m Switching Back to Windows
#36I've done it since this summer, going from a 2012 rMBP to a near-maxed out Thinkpad 480s (1 TB SSD, 24GB RAM for USD 2300? hell yeah..). Let me tell you though that as a mac user going to windows 10 you give up much more than a bit of polish - it's really cutting into your productivity. Just one tiny (but anger inducing) example: You can have either Windows Defender or a hangup-free Windows Explorer, but not both (an…
If you're willing to put up with inconsistency and a time-wasting learning curve, value responsiveness, and have no attachment to Windows software (which seems likely if you're coming from a Mac) - why not Linux?
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#37I have frustrations with Mac and really what I want is a good Unix laptop for my work stuff. Any games that can run are a bonus.
I’ve tried Linux for 20 years and still have hope.
Windows 10 is my org’s basic workstation deployment so I have something that sits on my desk for email and hr forms and stuff. It’s a horrible experience as it’s slow, needs admin rights for basic user functions (install apps, change screen saver, set notifications, etc).
Using windows vms for a few projects showed me that most of these annoyances are actually my org’s configuration, not really flaws of Windows.
So now I try windows for my main laptop every year or so and give up because Microsoft’s consumer distributors is too much of a pain to pare down. And some of the configurations I want, I can only get through a business account (office365 planner, excel forms- stuff I use macOS and google forms for).
It’s possible to set up what I want, but I have to be a Microsoft admin for myself (time to renew my MCSE cert).
Comically, I can get a pirate iso that’s pretty nice, but it’s a hobby to keep it cracked.
I hope Microsoft makes their own “pro” line that have a stripped down distro targeted to developers or local root users with their own hardware.
Until then, I just bought a Mac book pro this Jan because it’s the best available for me (sadly with only 16GB memory).
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#38> Over the years I upgraded to a MacBook Pro, then the MacBook Pro touchbar and in the middle of that I bought a 27inch iMac.
Frankly, the sudden price sensitivity seems odd. Is there something else going on?
> With the work I do on photo/video editing and my love for flight simulators...
Aye, there’s the rub.
> Another reason to bail is the expense in repairs, particularly living in a country where there is no official Apple store. Apple has these machines made so that if something breaks you are basically fucked and the only choice is to take it to get repaired.
Probably the strongest objective statement in the whole post. Until…
> If things break on the custom build I am working on then I can easily fix without it costing me a fortune.
Except the total cost (price+time) of replacements in a custom build can go UP after just 2–4 years if you didn’t buy into the latest spec for a given component, undercutting the value argument.
> Apple once catered to creatives and when I first used a Mac I was amazed by the creative tool suite they had.
Additionally, the rest of that paragraph is, contextually, a strawman. ———- I’ve worked on both OSes for 20+ years (graphic design, photo editing, video editing, web development.) Microsoft has closed the gap. So, unfortunately, has Apple. But the view that Windows 10 has changed the game is myopic. Bottom line, the whole Mac vs. PC thing has been tired for well over a decade.
The way I think of it is similar to the idea in photography that a great photographer doesn’t require expensive equipment to produce great photographs.
Choose the best tools for your craft that you can afford and be deliberate in making the best possible use of them.
Re: Why Apple Eventually Lost Me and I’m Switching Back to Windows
#39Just another run off the mill "I'm not getting another mac" complaint article. 1) Introduce myself by explaining how emotionally attached I was to the first Macs I bought 2) Complain about price 3) Complain about price some more 4) Did I mention price? 5) Windows has caught up to MacOS (which assumes Mac was ever ahead of Windows to begin with) 6) I'm an "x", and I do "y". I can do "y" just as well on Windows 7) Sinc…
Concerning the price I don't think it is a strong argument. I have never been a mac user, but I have friends who had quite old macs that were still performant enough after 8 years for running recent software. They paid more, but it lasted more. Also for me spending time on a computer _is_ my job, so I don't mind spending some money on this for having good and professional material. I just bought a Dell Precision 5520…
>, but I have friends who had quite old macs that were still performant enough after 8 years for running recent software.
That is the norm in windows land too now. Computers haven't gotten much faster in 8 years.
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#40I think the other critiques of is article are on point, but there was one quote that did resonate with me (as an Apple user and developer since the ][ ): “Seriously Apple, what is going on with the QA department there?”
> “Seriously Apple, what is going on with the QA department there?”
Oh boy, he is in for a surprise on the Microsoft side of the fence...