Jody: Looks like someone else really likes that Dell laptop - https://tinyurl.com/mlk8csg
-- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 12:11 PM, G-Mail via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > First thanks to those that responded with their recommendations (Jeff, > Kirk, Peter, and Chuck). > > After reading your recommendations, watching the rumour mill re Apple, > checking out some Windows based products, and reflecting on my Apple > experience (since I switched from Apple II… to MacOS back in 1987), I > decided to put an Apple purchase on hold. It is at 'wait and see'. In my > minor league opinion Apple continually abandons their professional users > (Xserves, FinalCut Pro, FinalCut Pro Server, MacOS Server, and in their > current so called Pro hardware, etc). Yup, been burnt by each of those > products. > > [Rant:=“On”] > Not running a company for almost 4 years I could afford to be Apple > centric. Over the last month I took my head out of my Apple centric view of > computing. It became very obvious that Apple was all about consumer > products that they can sell billions of. Their industrial design team is > more about the wow look of form factor than meeting the needs of > professionals. Designing the smallest possible laptops and calling them > Pro, developing a amazing looking desktop and calling it ‘Pro’ is what is > driving them. > > It is so easy to find truly high performance products that are in the > Windows Market. Products using the fastest CPUs (i.e. KabyLake CPUs, and > latest Intel E-series CPUs from Intel), offering up a range of RAM, and SSD > sizes larger than what is avaialbe on the Mac’Pro’ models. I know Apple > really likes to push everyone into the latest port types. Spending two > months trying to find products to bridge the gap between USB-C and all my > current devices was a challenge. Yes, I might like a new monitor but I have > 3 great monitors sitting around that work great. I do not need to upgrade > to 4k, 5k monitors. The lack of a selection of ports really pushed me to my > decision. This then brought me to the realization of how long the last 2 > upgrades to their ‘Pro’ desktops have been. This also highlighted the > decision by Apple to not have the ability to add cards to provide different > kinds of ports. Of course which card developer is going to invest in > developing drivers for their cards for MacOS with Apple’s history of > decisions? > > Don’t get me wrong I am still a MacOS person. These conclusions made me > think that unless Apple actually comes out with something Pro, I will > adjust to being a Windows user with ‘Pro’ hardware, and a much lower class > MacOS computer for when I need to test, and compile for the MacOS only. Of > course Apple could change that direction if they came out with truly Pro > hardware for a few years. The experience of the withdrawal (but not failed) > Pro products that they pledged their allegiance to, along with the Pro > users has made me think about being a Windows user for my professional > life. Apple was making inroads into the Enterprise with their Xserve, and > FinalCut Pro products. I know we were selling Xserves into all our client > sites. > [Rant:=“Off”] > > After all this what did I just go and do? I have jumped into a DELL XPS > 15” with Windows PRO 64bit. It out performs the MacBook Pro on every one of > the indicators I mention. It is much less money than a MacBook Pro too. I > had to purchase a 4D Windows Development tool anyway to compile for my > Windows users. Therefore the 4D purchase is not an extra cost of moving to > Windows. As well, 4Ds move to a truly native Windows 4D environment helps > this decision too. Time will tell if I can make the switch for real (last). > This could be the start of the end of my professional association of MacOS > everyday. My shinny new windows box arrives later this month. > > Jody > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
