“He also didn’t like Apple’s restricting the use of third party apps. “
I work in Hollywood, especially post production. Believe it or not, I know a LOT of independent special effects and post production guys moved to Windows because the apps are too expensive and correct, restrictive.
As a matter of fact, some of the 1 year old Macbooks graphics cards CANNOT compete with the newer graphics and memory chips out there on Windows laptops.
I'm not looking forward to the day I have to buy a new Mac. I have an old iMac from late 2010 or a bit earlier. I've never had to have any repairs done to it. There are no OS or Safari updates for it anymore. I had to stop using Safari on it and switch to Firefox, because Safari began telling me it couldn't get a secure connection to websites I frequented. I rarely use the iMac, usually only for a short time each day.
My MacBrook Pro is from early 2011. The only thing I had to have repaired in all the years I've had it was something with the video card, or something related to the video card. They had to take out the motherboard, and send it to a third party so they could do some soldering on it. That was about 3 years ago. It cost me $400 that I readily paid because it was a lot cheaper than buying a new Mac.
I bought my Macs new when I retired, hoping they'd last until I died :-) I hoped the same thing when I bought a Nissan Altima in 2005. The car ran like a top. The only major repair I had to have done was the a/c compressor. That was about 4-5 years ago. It still had the original exhaust system on it, and knew it was only a matter of time that I'd have to pay for a new exhaust system, including catalytic converter. I decided I didn't want to put $2,000+ in a 15 year old car, and so went out last month and traded it in to lease a 2019 Sentra. I still feel guilty about getting rid of that car, but I had to have a car I could rely on to take me out of New York State without breaking down. The car never left me stranded anywhere. The times it didn't start, it was sitting in my parking spot here. Most times it was because it needed a new battery. Never had to have the starter, alternator, or other part replaced. I figured my luck would run out one of these days, and I might not be in NY. My youngest son lives in Indiana, finishing up chemo treatments for colon cancer (polyps), so I need a reliable vehicle to get me there. I was renting cars from Enterprise to make the trips when I had to Altima.
The only thing I had to get used to with the new car is that it doesn't have a CD player. I'd copied my CD's before with iTunes, but never loaded them onto any other type of device to listen to. I checked around on the internet, and found that I could copy all my CD's, load them on a USB stick, because the car has a USB port. Easy peasy, and it works like a charm. At 72, I'm proud of myself for being able to figure it all out, and not having to trouble my oldest son, the computer geek. Getting old isn't fun. Getting old, and having to replace cars and computers isn't fun either.