I was an Apple convert. Had a 17 inch MacBook pro. Wife and I both had I phones. I was all in.
When it came time to replace the MacBook Pro, I tried to justify the cost difference. For me, a Mac did not make me more productive. Many claim it makes them much more productive - leading me to believe that either I did not know how to use OS X, or they don't know how to use Windows. None of the tools I use for web development are Mac specific and are all cross platform. For me, I saw no advantage of one OS over the other, so I went with what cost less. Which was a Windows machine from Dell. On Sep 27, 2014 8:20 PM, "Bruce Sorge" <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMO, you get what you pay for. I was a devout windows and android user. I > used to mock apple folks. Then I was offered a work in kind deal, and for > some reason, I chose to be paid in the form of a 17" MacBook Pro. It took a > while, but in the end, I was a convert. Now I have an iPhone, iPad and of > course the Mac. I love them all. I love the interoperability of all three > devices. I am looking forward to Yosemite to come out for the Mac to see > what new level of interoperability I get. I still have two Windows machines > in my house. they run Windows 7 and 8. I don't know why I hang onto them, > but on rare occasions I will fire one up. I may turn one of them into a > linux machine running Apache, PHP and ColdFusion as well as MySQL for a > development web server since the sites I host are all on Linux servers. > I don't think that Apple does anything "revolutionary". IMO, it appears to > me that they see what's out there, what people like and don't like, and > make/upgrade a product that has the things that folks want, and not much of > what they don't want. Again, my opinion. > I don't mind that Apple waits a while to develop something that Android > has been doing for a while. I am patient. I was not jonesing for a SWYPE > keyboard, but as soon as I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8, I paid the whopping > .99 cents to get it. I am looking forward to seeing how the iWatch is going > to work. From what I read, Apple took what Samsung has been doing with > their watch, and making tweaks so that it's what people want, and leaving > out what they don't want. > In the end, its all about what you like. I won't bash a windows or android > user (I will bash Windows 8 though) just because they like their systems. > As was said in this thread, to each their own. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Sep 27, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The click wheel interface was pretty innovative at the time. I remember > > that my brother had one from Dell at the same time I got my first iPod > > classic. Hands down, it was easier to navigate the iPod. The other > > difference was the quality of the components. Audiophiles would use the > > iPod along with the FLAC codec to store their digital collections because > > of the quality if the DAC. > > > > As for apple products being overpriced, I'm sure there are a lot of > people > > that feel that way. I don't happen to be one of them. I also think that > > other companies have quality products e.g. Lenovo, but you end up > spending > > a similar amount because you have to get the higher end product. > > > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> How did they do an MP3 player better than anyone else? Even the cheap > >> crappy ones you can buy for 5 bucks play music just as good. My old > >> Creative Labs MP3 player that came out long before there was ever an > iPod > >> played music just as good as an iPod years before there was an iPod. It > >> synced with my computer's music folder...the only thing special about it > >> was > >> the introduction of iTunes to download music...though if I remember > >> correctly, my player hooked up with Rhapsody. I never saw what was so > >> innovative about it. Apple products are overpriced status symbols. > Ever > >> since the PC's became just as powerful in the graphics department, Apple > >> hasn't been anything special. Hel...the only way they were able to > improve > >> their OS was to make it a Linux shell... > >> > >> Eric > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] > >> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:28 AM > >> To: cf-community > >> Subject: Re: What the iPhone 6 does better than the rest > >> > >> > >> The apple iPod was a game changer ^_^ > >> They did the dedicated digital music player better than anyone else ever > >> did, or has done since ;-D > >> > >> On 27 September 2014 11:12, Scott Stroz <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> people would claim it was a 'game changer' and that Apple > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
