especially considering you can get a really powerful windows laptop for around $400 or so- then format it and put linux on it- or something- I’m not seeing the advantage to an apple computer? Is it more powerful or something? What more can it do that a cheaper windows computer can’t? I’ve never really understood the draw of apple at the prices they charge? I could see the draw if they too were around $400-$500 or so- Are they better at graphics or something? Their apps don’t seem to be much of an advantage over windows apps? Less viruses maybe?
>>especially considering you can get a really powerful windows laptop for around $400 or so
If that works for you, then there is nothing wrong with it.
However, I have 4 kids and have gone thru many, many of those “$400 laptops”, each of which lasted, at most, 18 months - until I finally bit the bullet and one-by-one got them all Macbooks (Airs usually). Each Apple has so far lasted between 3 and 6 years, and they all still going strong -
As a software developer I used windows machines (Dells mostly) for better part of 20 years, and also made the switch to Apple for myself - yes, you pay more, but the darn things just work better in almost every way for me - and last one I used for 5 years (high-end MacBook Pro), sold it for $900 when I wanted to upgrade to a newer one - they hold their value, unlike cheap ones - never had a non-apple laptop worth a nickel after 5 years before, if it was even running (most didn’t last that long).
Probably still cheaper to have a series of cheap ones, but when you factor in the constant drain on your time to move from one machine to another, reinstall software etc - I think you come out ahead with the Apple machines.
If all you do is use the internet, send email etc - almost any machine will do what you want, but I for one could never go back.
For some of us, Bill Gates might as well be Satan. I hate Microsoft with a passion. I remember when I first switched from Windows to an iMac. The list of terms and conditions for Apple was reasonably brief and made perfect sense. Things like, you can’t steal their intellectual property. I went back and re-read the Microsoft terms and conditions for contrast. It went on forever with all manner of “sell your first born children” totalitarian conditions.
No thank you.
For those of us that detest Microsoft like the plague and can’t do Linux, it doesn’t leave much choice.
In fact, I would say the single only downside with Apple is the cost — which also includes all the proprietary devices you have to buy from apple due to the lack of 3rd party support.
What do I get for all that money? I get machines that work exactly as planned almost forever without fail. I get reasonably bug-free software that works wonderfully. The only thing I hate about Apple is the constant updates. I really wish they would get on a monthly update schedule instead of pushing updates every week. Drives me insane. But I just ignore them, so whatever.
Bill Gates is sinister evil, Satan personified. I hate him and I hate his lousy products.
Hence, Apple. I am extremely pleased with Apple products. I have gone all in — workstation, laptop, tablet, and phone — and I will never go back. Never.
Microsoft is Hilary Clinton, Karl Marx, and Adolph Hitler all rolled into one. Puke.