I’m with you, Steve — I have to use a Windoze 10 laptop for some tasks at my new job; but my MacBook Pro is sitting on the desk, too, and gets more use. And you’re correct, you’re not “locked in” with hardware; my iPhone and MacBook Pro’s calendars and email apps tie in just fine with my employer’s Outlook server, and I can access file servers across the LAN or VPN connections. I can work on both sides of the fence; I just prefer the experience that comes with the Apple ecosystem. Stuff just tends to work.
And yes, I’m a pretty happy Raymarine guy, too… so I can get double-flamed now on the list… :^) — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Sep 20, 2016, at 8:37 PM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Patrick, I have to chime in for Apple here - and not speaking to the iPhone 7 > because I haven't been paying attention and I'm an Android guy, but there is > no "hardware lock in" with Apple. "Ecosystem" lock in, absolutely. You get > the iPhone so you're locked to their App store - yes. This is also true for > Android. There are benefits and there are drawbacks, but hardware lock in - > no. They use all the same ports everyone else uses these days. I'm a Windows, > Linux and Mac guy ... Someone wants to take my macbook? - from my cold dead > hands! > > The XPS laptops and that come close in industrial design these days - they > have that nice edge display. But it's still Windows and well, Windows was my > first, but it's a total kludge fest compared to the UI in OSX. I use both, > every day and once upon a time, back in the OS9 days, I made fun of the mac > guys. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto
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