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Apple Products
Continuing the discussion on Apple, that seems to have been killed with Whirly (which I think must have been an accident as it seems perfectly appropriate):
For newcomers, it's about the appeal of Apple Products and their pros and cons.
i don't think I've used the most recent osx platform, but I never found it really intuitive for things beyond really just basic use. I can imagine that might have changed now, especially considering how little of the hardware is proprietary.
Easily solvable problem. Get a girlfriend, you'll soon wish you had something to drown her out with.
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"The Daemon lied with every breath. It could not help itself but to deceive and dismay, to riddle and ruin. The more we conversed, the closer I drew to one singularly ineluctable fact: I would gain no wisdom here."
Ditto. I don't need music reverberating between my ears every free moment. Aside from giving me a clearer head, it also allows me to appreciate music that much more when I do choose to listen.
As for not getting bored: either I'll meditate (either walking or sitting), or I'll play with my absolutley-Incredible-I-can't-believe-it-does-all-this-crap Droid.
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Shinier than a speeding bullet.
Pros- Quality hardware, ease of use, better security, built in recording and video editing software, better stability.
Cons- Formatting, WMA files, Less left-hand friendly.
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I owned an iPhone before, while great, it wasn't something I miss right now. The OS is way too basic, and not customizable. As for the laptops, and desktops, well they're more useful, I use one at work, and love it very much.
But for my everyday use for entertainment away from my computer or Galaxy Tab, I prefer my SGS2, it's wonderful.
I've become an Apple user for a very pragmatic reason: I needed a computer for university, and I wanted it to be powerful, yet have good battery life. I didn't want to have 2 machines for different purposes. The 2010 13 inch MacBook Pro seemed like the perfect choice: Just 2 kilograms of weight, a maximum of 10hrs battery life (in reality, I did manage to work for 8:30, awesome enough), but a 2.4GHz Core 2 and a very powerful NVidia IGP (the 320M, exclusively for MacBooks). Of course, the aluminium unibody is rigid like no other machine.
My idea was to use OSX on the go to benefit from the great power management and to use Windows at home (natively via Bootcamp).
Now that I've been using it for 10 months, I have to admit I nearly never use Windows any more. Snow Leopard works great and much better in so many conditions (for example, WPA2-TTLS Wi-Fi networks), and it's practically immune to exploits on the internet. The scrolling via the huge, awesome multi-touch trackpad works like nothing I've used (inertial scrolling -> a fluent movement) and the other multi-touch gestures help a lot, and there are so many simple hotkeys to make your life easier... In short: Once you've gotten used to it, it's much faster and easier to work on OSX.
The downside is to have problems finding appropriate apps for everything you'd do on Windows, but this has gotten a lot better in the past years for Mac users.
The only thing I really use Windows for now is, obviously, gaming - the performance is vast for a 13 inch laptop, I can play nearly any 2010 game in native 1280x800 res at medium detail levels.
Oh, as for the iPhone, I just love the OS and I use a lot of those apps. The only other choice for me would have been Android. And I really only have the iPhone 4 because I got it really cheap from a friend who wanted to sell his. Again, the quality is outstanding.
If you ask me, a lot of their products are overpriced. I don't see why they would charge people 600 extra for a 2" display size gain. And I don't understand why people buy their monitors for 1000€ when there are Dells using the same panel at half the price.
The basic products, however (13 inch MacBooks), really do have a good value for the money. 13 inch laptops are usually rather expensive, and especially full power subnotebooks with good battery life and material quality. I would always go for a good value, but I'm willing to pay extra for quality and usability.
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Last edited by eezy45 on Jul 10th, 2011 at 09:18 PM
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Well, I never bought an Apple Notebook but the premium on it does seem ridiculous. You can definitely have a decent laptop at around 500€ running Windows or Linux. What does seem true though is that Apple is a master of battery life, which is something I never really needed in my usage, but if I go by reviews and manufacturer claims there are other options for that. Ultimately I'm sure there's reasons for and against buying an Apple laptop, and you'll have to do what you are personally comfortable with.
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