Going to give Apple a try.

[Bleipriester]

Design Dock

Consumerism is now confetti, and you have to keep up to look professional in the new imaginarium.

You have to be imaginative and think like a child for professionals to believe you are invested in today's brand of colorized user-friendly tech-production (i.e., Apple Computers).

Where did this paradoxically ornamental-mechanical design trend come from and what does it profit the new user-friendly market?

Apple has gained incredible reputation for delivering products that are both reliable and fun.

I'd stay up-to-date with iPhone and iWatch developments (ooops sorry, I meant just Apple Watch).





Rewind (Transformers Avatar)


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The Problem:
Once you have purchased an Apple Device ("decoyed", Jobs would flush his feet down the toilette for joy), you are forced to use Apple software and accept the limitations. That is not user-friendly.

It has a lot to do with what you want to use it for.
All I do is surf the net,store photos,run the Sling box,use the blue tooth for music and it works great.
And the hackers pretty much leave you alone because they have bigger fish to fry.
A win,win for the casual user.

Why not? But that is not the point. The Apple world is closed for what Apple does not want and tools that never reach the Mac OS platform.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Design Dock

Consumerism is now confetti, and you have to keep up to look professional in the new imaginarium.

You have to be imaginative and think like a child for professionals to believe you are invested in today's brand of colorized user-friendly tech-production (i.e., Apple Computers).

Where did this paradoxically ornamental-mechanical design trend come from and what does it profit the new user-friendly market?

Apple has gained incredible reputation for delivering products that are both reliable and fun.

I'd stay up-to-date with iPhone and iWatch developments (ooops sorry, I meant just Apple Watch).





Rewind (Transformers Avatar)


View attachment 43498 View attachment 43497

The Problem:
Once you have purchased an Apple Device ("decoyed", Jobs would flush his feet down the toilette for joy), you are forced to use Apple software and accept the limitations. That is not user-friendly.

It has a lot to do with what you want to use it for.
All I do is surf the net,store photos,run the Sling box,use the blue tooth for music and it works great.
And the hackers pretty much leave you alone because they have bigger fish to fry.
A win,win for the casual user.

Why not? But that is not the point. The Apple world is closed for what Apple does not want and tools that never reach the Mac OS platform.

Why not what? I havent found anything I would want to run on the Macbook that I cant,so it's really a moot point in my case.

 

[Bleipriester]

Design Dock

Consumerism is now confetti, and you have to keep up to look professional in the new imaginarium.

You have to be imaginative and think like a child for professionals to believe you are invested in today's brand of colorized user-friendly tech-production (i.e., Apple Computers).

Where did this paradoxically ornamental-mechanical design trend come from and what does it profit the new user-friendly market?

Apple has gained incredible reputation for delivering products that are both reliable and fun.

I'd stay up-to-date with iPhone and iWatch developments (ooops sorry, I meant just Apple Watch).





Rewind (Transformers Avatar)


View attachment 43498 View attachment 43497

The Problem:
Once you have purchased an Apple Device ("decoyed", Jobs would flush his feet down the toilette for joy), you are forced to use Apple software and accept the limitations. That is not user-friendly.

It has a lot to do with what you want to use it for.
All I do is surf the net,store photos,run the Sling box,use the blue tooth for music and it works great.
And the hackers pretty much leave you alone because they have bigger fish to fry.
A win,win for the casual user.

Why not? But that is not the point. The Apple world is closed for what Apple does not want and tools that never reach the Mac OS platform.

Why not what? I havent found anything I would want to run on the Macbook that I cant,so it's really a moot point in my case.

You have it for just some days. When you need additional software, you will reach the point that shows you that Mac OS is only Nr. 2 behind Windows.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Design Dock

Consumerism is now confetti, and you have to keep up to look professional in the new imaginarium.

You have to be imaginative and think like a child for professionals to believe you are invested in today's brand of colorized user-friendly tech-production (i.e., Apple Computers).

Where did this paradoxically ornamental-mechanical design trend come from and what does it profit the new user-friendly market?

Apple has gained incredible reputation for delivering products that are both reliable and fun.

I'd stay up-to-date with iPhone and iWatch developments (ooops sorry, I meant just Apple Watch).





Rewind (Transformers Avatar)


View attachment 43498 View attachment 43497

The Problem:
Once you have purchased an Apple Device ("decoyed", Jobs would flush his feet down the toilette for joy), you are forced to use Apple software and accept the limitations. That is not user-friendly.

It has a lot to do with what you want to use it for.
All I do is surf the net,store photos,run the Sling box,use the blue tooth for music and it works great.
And the hackers pretty much leave you alone because they have bigger fish to fry.
A win,win for the casual user.

Why not? But that is not the point. The Apple world is closed for what Apple does not want and tools that never reach the Mac OS platform.

Why not what? I havent found anything I would want to run on the Macbook that I cant,so it's really a moot point in my case.

You have it for just some days. When you need additional software, you will reach the point that shows you that Mac OS is only Nr. 2 behind Windows.

I wont be needing any additional software.
I'm doing the same thing on the Macbook that I was doing on PCs for the last twenty years.
It does what I want it to do without the hassles of a windows operating system.
I do understand the limitations but they dont effect the way I use my laptop.

 

[Bleipriester]

The Problem:
Once you have purchased an Apple Device ("decoyed", Jobs would flush his feet down the toilette for joy), you are forced to use Apple software and accept the limitations. That is not user-friendly.

It has a lot to do with what you want to use it for.
All I do is surf the net,store photos,run the Sling box,use the blue tooth for music and it works great.
And the hackers pretty much leave you alone because they have bigger fish to fry.
A win,win for the casual user.

Why not? But that is not the point. The Apple world is closed for what Apple does not want and tools that never reach the Mac OS platform.

Why not what? I havent found anything I would want to run on the Macbook that I cant,so it's really a moot point in my case.

You have it for just some days. When you need additional software, you will reach the point that shows you that Mac OS is only Nr. 2 behind Windows.

I wont be needing any additional software.
I'm doing the same thing on the Macbook that I was doing on PCs for the last twenty years.
It does what I want it to do without the hassles of a windows operating system.
I do understand the limitations but they dont effect the way I use my laptop.

That´s good for you. To me, Windows suits better.

 

[Abishai100]

Desk Dereliction

The stuff Jobs was developing with Apple was arguably complementary to what Bill Gates was doing with Microsoft, not necessarily competitive.

No one is arguing that Windows Mobile was the premier platform for smartphones, and Apple had no response until its iPhone began taking off and even then its continued strong-points for marketing included its popular Safari browser.

Apple has had complaints for its mouses/mice and yes its lack of satisfying operating systems (i.e., OS Tiger).

Yet it's still viewed as the relatively more user-friendly brand in its industry, simply because its plug-and-play approach to using computers continues to make Microsoft look simultaneously more professional and more boring.

Hey as long as the look matches the productivity, I'll take an iPhone for business any day of the week. Besides, OS Tiger was sort of easy-to-use, so I can stand by my 'boob biases.'




OS Tiger

 

[Bleipriester]

It is all about the apple. Nothing what Apple released was new but applified so that people buy it. Nobody wanted a MS tabled in 2002 or a MS smartwatch in 2003.

 

[HenryBHough]

You can set up your MacBook to become "dual boot" and then you have your choice of Windows or Mac programs. As time goes by there's a good chance you'll wean yourself off Windows, especially when you discover how many of your Windows files (not applications) are compatible with Mac.

I do find, however, that with ALL laptops there is a trap.

Because they run off their batteries people often forget that they're on. Not a problem if you keep them plugged in when not in use - battery life is not the issue. What IS an issue is that any device using volatile memory will see some minor corruption of the stored data over time. Usually not even something you can notice but, now and then, disaster.

Best preventive? Once a month or so turn the laptop OFF and leave it off for a few minutes then start it up again. Same applies to all computers, actually, whether Mac or Windows. Just more noticeable with laptops because most people do turn off their desktop computers every now and again so never see the problem.

 

[Ringel05]

You can set up your MacBook to become "dual boot" and then you have your choice of Windows or Mac programs. As time goes by there's a good chance you'll wean yourself off Windows, especially when you discover how many of your Windows files (not applications) are compatible with Mac.

I do find, however, that with ALL laptops there is a trap.

Because they run off their batteries people often forget that they're on. Not a problem if you keep them plugged in when not in use - battery life is not the issue. What IS an issue is that any device using volatile memory will see some minor corruption of the stored data over time. Usually not even something you can notice but, now and then, disaster.

Best preventive? Once a month or so turn the laptop OFF and leave it off for a few minutes then start it up again. Same applies to all computers, actually, whether Mac or Windows. Just more noticeable with laptops because most people do turn off their desktop computers every now and again so never see the problem.

I tend to turn all of mine off or reboot at least once a week when I do maintenance.

 

[Bleipriester]

My Computer is off each day.

 

[Uncensored2008]

If I had the know how to fix em I would probably just build my own.
It's just never something that interested me.
As long as I can watch porn and go to USMB i'm good.

I know you were making a joke, but that's what Linux is all about - surfing the web and watching porn. Where Linux fails is when it occupies a mission critical role - not because the OS is unstable, but because the critical software just isn't there. Scaled down freeware just doesn't cut it when putting in systems. I know that servers can work well - hell my web server is on Red Hat. But no professional ERP is running on MySQL - that's just the fact. As SaaS grows, this matters less and less, but at this time, it still matters a lot.

 

[Uncensored2008]

It's not the operating system so much as the mouse pad.
You never have to take your fingers of the mouse pad until you need to type something.
No hitting the scroll buttons,just use two fingers on the pad.
It's way more efficient and effortless.

You realize that Windows has supported multi-touch since the XP days, right? I can't remember the last laptop I had that didn't support it.

Using touch gestures

 

[Uncensored2008]

My biggest problem with Windows, has always been viruses and security. To this day, I have never once backed up anything on my Mac, nor ever installed in virus protection, or any security software whatsoever. Not once.

And I have never lost anything, or been wiped out by a virus.

Never been worried about it.

Windows, there is seemingly always some virus somewhere, or some crash, or something.

Remember when everyone was freaking out about the "Heartbleed" thing? I never once even bothered to look up what it was. Why bother? I'm on a Mac. It isn't affected by PC viruses.

The worst virus I ever encountered was on a Mac.

That said, the old NT kernel was very susceptible to malicious code because it allowed zero ring execution. This was a great thing, allowing a polymorphic OS that could be adapted to virtually anything with ease. Problem was, it also allowed nasty things to take over.

Longhorn (Windows Vista and up) has a more secure kernel than BSD based OSX, and equal to Debian based Linux (they both use the same scheme, so claiming one is superior would be stupid.)

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

If I had the know how to fix em I would probably just build my own.
It's just never something that interested me.
As long as I can watch porn and go to USMB i'm good.

I know you were making a joke, but that's what Linux is all about - surfing the web and watching porn. Where Linux fails is when it occupies a mission critical role - not because the OS is unstable, but because the critical software just isn't there. Scaled down freeware just doesn't cut it when putting in systems. I know that servers can work well - hell my web server is on Red Hat. But no professional ERP is running on MySQL - that's just the fact. As SaaS grows, this matters less and less, but at this time, it still matters a lot.

There you go speaken a foreign language again....

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

It's not the operating system so much as the mouse pad.
You never have to take your fingers of the mouse pad until you need to type something.
No hitting the scroll buttons,just use two fingers on the pad.
It's way more efficient and effortless.

You realize that Windows has supported multi-touch since the XP days, right? I can't remember the last laptop I had that didn't support it.

Using touch gestures

Maybe so but i've never had a laptop this easy to operate.
This thing is just user friendly.
If I want complicated I'll build a new rifle...because thats something I enjoy.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Maybe so but i've never had a laptop this easy to operate.
This thing is just user friendly.
If I want complicated I'll build a new rifle...because thats something I enjoy.

I see, so pinching fingers on Windows = hard

Pinching fingers on a Mac = easy

Hype is an amazing thing - the desire to support a purchase absent reality...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Here's the thing UC...
I've built flight hardware for the shuttle program,I've made parts for the F-22 prototype,I've made artificial hearts from scratch,I can make a V8 engine from billet stock...I look at computers as a tool to those ends. Other than that they just dont do anything for me and the last thing I want to do is mess with em.
Dont get me wrong,they're absolutely bad ass when it comes to helping me do the things that allowed me to retire early but they're still just a tool in my mind.
I will say I have the utmost respect for those who know them inside out,but really people like that just like computers like I like machining.
Different strokes as they say.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Maybe so but i've never had a laptop this easy to operate.
This thing is just user friendly.
If I want complicated I'll build a new rifle...because thats something I enjoy.

I see, so pinching fingers on Windows = hard

Pinching fingers on a Mac = easy

Hype is an amazing thing - the desire to support a purchase absent reality...

I didnt buy a Mac without researching.
The main reason I did is the purported ease of operation,they didnt lie.
After using a pc for twenty years I was a little worried about the change,to be honest I can already run the Mac better than I could ever run a PC.

 

[HenryBHough]

This family friend's husband died a couple of years ago. He was a Windows Wiz. Left her with a PC with all the family economics and thousands of pictures and documents.

She struggled with it for over a year. Then she tried my wife's iMac and was amazed that she could get more out of it in her first hour than she ever got out of the PC.

Went to a "big name" retailer and bought an iMac and paid their tech team a couple of hundred bucks to come to her home with it, physically set it up and copy over all the stuff she wanted from the PC/. They made sure she had all the programs needed to use all the files and NONE of it required Windows/

She's happy and so am I - no need to run over there and try to bail her out. The money spent for the tech guys was well spent as she has a couple of years of their telephone support and on-site for a tiny additional charge - a service she has not yet had to use.

Only thing I had to do for her was pick up a good sized UPS (she bought a desktop, not a laptop) and set up the system so it would automatically shut down in an orderly manner for a long power outage. She watched me do it and remarked that she was sorry she had called me - having seen me do it she knew she could have intuitively done it on her own.

 

[Ringel05]

If I had the know how to fix em I would probably just build my own.
It's just never something that interested me.
As long as I can watch porn and go to USMB i'm good.

I know you were making a joke, but that's what Linux is all about - surfing the web and watching porn. Where Linux fails is when it occupies a mission critical role - not because the OS is unstable, but because the critical software just isn't there. Scaled down freeware just doesn't cut it when putting in systems. I know that servers can work well - hell my web server is on Red Hat. But no professional ERP is running on MySQL - that's just the fact. As SaaS grows, this matters less and less, but at this time, it still matters a lot.

Like he said, different strokes for different folks, I've always said use what works for what you are doing, sometimes Windows fits that bill, sometimes it's Apple, sometimes it's Linux. My next machine will most likely be an Apple, time to give them a try considering I personally am pretty fed up with Windows, again a personal choice.