Since I started moving my family over to Apple, the amount of tech support I needed to do for them dropped to almost zero. It just works. I have my Raspberry Pis and Linux boxes for fun and my MacBook for when the computer needs to get out of the way and let me work.
That said, I have zero interest in buying this absurd fashion accessory ;)
I used to work in Apple tech support and trust me the people who buy iPhones are the least tech savvy people in the world. People dwelling in caves in prehistory would have been more capable than your average Apple customer.
A good chunk of them found the concept of plugging your iPad in occasionally to be beyond comprehension. Also that their Wi-Fi didn’t have a 600 mile range and no it wouldn’t work if you were in a different country.
You’ve just reminded me of my late sister, who insisted she could access my WiFi from 300 miles away. “How else am I getting internet?” A mystery for sure.
Personally I wouldn’t call the MacBook air good value for money. It’s not a bad computer but it’s very expensive for the specs you get. You’re basically paying for it to be very thin and really it’s no more portable than the normal MacBook because when you think about it obviously it isn’t because if the MacBook wasn’t portable it would be a mini desktop.
Yes but it’s annoying to being forced to workaround the issue with USB drives…
Also I’d like to get 32gb or 64gb because it’s shared with GPU… But a Mac mini with 64gb costs 2500 euro (THREE TIMES!!!) instead of the 750 euro base model with 16gb…
MacBooks are pretty practical. ARM laptops like MacBooks have genuinely ridiculously good battery life; I was genuinely shocked the first time I used one.
Yes, ARM windows exists, but it’s clunky and has little support because unlike MacBooks, not all Windows laptops run ARM, so developers have little incentive to make ARM Windows versions their apps.
MacBooks are pretty practical. ARM laptops like MacBooks have genuinely ridiculously good battery life; I was genuinely shocked the first time I used one.
Yeah agreed, have one at work. I just really dislike their software.
Honest question, how do you Apple fans keep supporting this company?
Since I started moving my family over to Apple, the amount of tech support I needed to do for them dropped to almost zero. It just works. I have my Raspberry Pis and Linux boxes for fun and my MacBook for when the computer needs to get out of the way and let me work.
That said, I have zero interest in buying this absurd fashion accessory ;)
I used to work in Apple tech support and trust me the people who buy iPhones are the least tech savvy people in the world. People dwelling in caves in prehistory would have been more capable than your average Apple customer.
A good chunk of them found the concept of plugging your iPad in occasionally to be beyond comprehension. Also that their Wi-Fi didn’t have a 600 mile range and no it wouldn’t work if you were in a different country.
You’ve just reminded me of my late sister, who insisted she could access my WiFi from 300 miles away. “How else am I getting internet?” A mystery for sure.
Well, not a fan, exactly, but I am forced to be fully engulfed in the apple ecosystem.
I don’t hate them more than Dell, Asus, Sony, or Microsoft. Not everything they make is a ripoff.
Personally I wouldn’t call the MacBook air good value for money. It’s not a bad computer but it’s very expensive for the specs you get. You’re basically paying for it to be very thin and really it’s no more portable than the normal MacBook because when you think about it obviously it isn’t because if the MacBook wasn’t portable it would be a mini desktop.
Main issue I have with that company is the ridiculous pricing of SSD or RAM upgrades. I’m not paying $200 for extra 256gb, we’re not in 2008 anymore
And that it can’t be upgraded after purchase
Edit, went to watch the price of the 256gb SSD upgrade and I was wrong. It’s not $200 but it’s €250 👍🏻
Edit2: I was also wrong about the SSD pricing in 2008, they’re selling it at year 2012 prices, not year 2008 prices
Uh, I think you are agreeing with my last point…? You savvy user you.
Yes but it’s annoying to being forced to workaround the issue with USB drives…
Also I’d like to get 32gb or 64gb because it’s shared with GPU… But a Mac mini with 64gb costs 2500 euro (THREE TIMES!!!) instead of the 750 euro base model with 16gb…
iPads cant even send SMS or make calls. The most gimped of tablets.
The rest of your list seems reasonable
Meh, in my fairly extensive experience with end users, they don’t care about that, they have phones. Different use-case.
But I recognise that we’re here amongst many fussy edge-case users. Still the best tablet by majority acclaim even if you can’t use it as a phone.
apple is cool.
lemmy people aren’t cool. they are practical.
practical people are the antithesis of cool people. cool people don’t care about value or function.
hence why they pay $1000s for wear it once clothing.
MacBooks are pretty practical. ARM laptops like MacBooks have genuinely ridiculously good battery life; I was genuinely shocked the first time I used one.
Yes, ARM windows exists, but it’s clunky and has little support because unlike MacBooks, not all Windows laptops run ARM, so developers have little incentive to make ARM Windows versions their apps.
Yeah agreed, have one at work. I just really dislike their software.
battery life and simplicity thats why. i used it while in COllege, and i can see why people own even the older ones.