We’ve used Macs exclusively for home and business since 1984 and have never had one fail. We replaced them only because applications we used stopped being supported with the outdated OS’s.
My MacBook Pro is about five years old and running the latest OS. Never had a crash or any other issue and I use it hard.
They’ve made significant improvements and it would be nice to have a new one, but they don’t make the 17” screen, which I have and love, any longer. Sure, it’s bigger, but I don’t travel with it since I have an iPhone and iPad.
Maybe we’ve just been lucky, but I’ll take it.
I mentioned you (obliquely) in my #71.
Your memory as to the date may be better than mine, but, yes, indeed, "your" G4 is still serving my wife well! many (years of) Thanks!!
TXnMA '-)
coming to this thread a bit late, but your experience mirrors mine.
I watched other tiny businesses flounder as they followed the “big guys” into the PC world, and felt sorry for them and their struggles.
Our Macs never failed us, and even though inexperienced, we never had to pay outside help to keep them up and running, for we couldn’t afford to be down for a day, or pay for expensive IT assistance.
I do not think it is luck, randita, I think Macs were designed to help average people get work done easily, without hassles, glitches, and complications, not to mention... having to master complicated software manuals.
Macs are not for those who love to tinker, and then boast about their skills in building/programming/troubleshooting, and they are probably not for those who must deal with what the front office dictates they use.
But, they are for us independent small business entrepreneurs, who must get it done, or lose our clients and/or our income.
I have no stock in Apple (wish I did), but am forever grateful to them for our ability to run our little business and survive in a tough marketplace.