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How many people in this forum stayed with Apple or left?
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According to the poll it appears good amount of people are either Mac Pro extremist or loyalist but may seek out Pc.
But yeah majority rules with Pc or hackintosh.
Kenny what an interesting way of putting it and I admit I had a rather silly grin on my face. Bravo.
As for a SP reference - I enjoyed their take on iTunes... and my rip off = 'Apple! You killed Mac Pro and Mini you bastards!
I prefer OS X but I'm no way 100% loyal. My answer would be: I will see what Apple will do this fall. I want a more powerful iMac, I currently have the maxed out i7, 1tb ssd 2014 5k iMac. But I don't see a reason now to switch to the 2015 5k iMac. If no new iMac appear before November/December I will sell my current iMac and buy a powerful pc.
That's the source of my frustration. Doesn't it seem odd that Apple is pumping out new versions of OSX on a regular basis, but not matching those efforts with advances in computer development? There's an imbalance here.
Back in the day, PowerComputing was cranking out ever-more powerful, feature-filled Powermacs, until Apple revoked their license, to prevent further embarrassment. Maybe Apple should consider licensing with third-party computer makers again because their too busy designing watch bands.
I thought I would never see the day when I would actually consider purchasing a PC. Hardware assembly of a Hackintosh doesn't concern me, but messing with the software side of the equation is another issue. If it comes to it, I would just just the PC with W10.
I recall when Apple had 3rd party makers for their computers and NEC topped the list as being better than Apple's own offering. However, Apple is even more entrenched in forcing us to buy only Apple and locking down much of the guts of all their machines (less self upgrades). Oh well, nice to know that many of Apple's hardware with its Apple tax will nudge us to ever 3 years or so start all over with a complete new machine rather than simply upgrade our present high priced Mac.
I started with the Mac in 1984... but things have changed; RAM is soldered down and machines are now getting glued shut, one can't even get in to change the CMOS battery. At one point I was hopeful that OS X would be issued for generic hardware, but that has not happen.
Now Windows 10 is a free upgrade for people with Windows 7 and I have finally made the jump; not burning any bridges, just going with what is best for me, and being locked out of the hardware is personally a big issue. Gotta say the retina screen is something I have wanted for a long time now, but the option of putting a high resolution screen on a PC was a good bit cheaper, and the route I finally took. My views may be colored by the fact that I get broken stuff that I then fix for my own use, so often need to get to the insides. At this point I have 5 PCs running Windows 10, and they are rock solid.
Way I see it, Windows and OS X (along with Linux) drive each other to heights none would have achieved alone.
Now Windows 10 is a free upgrade for people with Windows 7 and I have finally made the jump; not burning any bridges, just going with what is best for me, and being locked out of the hardware is personally a big issue. Gotta say the retina screen is something I have wanted for a long time now, but the option of putting a high resolution screen on a PC was a good bit cheaper, and the route I finally took. My views may be colored by the fact that I get broken stuff that I then fix for my own use, so often need to get to the insides. At this point I have 5 PCs running Windows 10, and they are rock solid.
Way I see it, Windows and OS X (along with Linux) drive each other to heights none would have achieved alone.
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I have always preferred the Apple operating systems and it will probably always remain that way. That being said, I've gone ahead and ordered all the parts to build machine that Apple doesn't want to sell to me. But OS X (or is it macOS) will still be my operating system of choice.
I will. I'm trying my best to be patient as I sit at home awaiting the FedEx guy.
The poll is one sided, with little choice except answers geared toward an bias agenda, is really worthless statistically or factual and has less entertainment value of a circus sideshow.
One is extremist and one has potential to switch.
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It's about if you want to stay with Pc or Mac. Are you the extremist in either side or both?
there is a good chance that people that left, won't be commenting! 
I still use my rMBP, but my main computer is now Windows/Linux
I still use my rMBP, but my main computer is now Windows/Linux
I will pull a Brewster and go with none of the above.
Each OS has its place, Windows has domain level integration and policy control, Linux has security control and server performance optimization, IOS has simplicity of configuration and management. OSX has always been a home OS for me, the iLife suite integration sold it to me years ago, for me, the move of Apple's desktop OS towards the simple iTouch style is welcome. They have given up on the corporate network, they don't have hardware level disk encryption and for my home computer I don't care, I want my photos to sync with my camera and phone, I want my family to not bug me with questions about updates, firmware, drivers, filetypes etc.
i also want a computer that I can modify, install new GPU's in, looks great, has excellent build quality and still be pretty fast.
I have built hackintoshes, but it was too much annoyance for my home computer , the Mac Pro seems like it is destined to go down that route to some extent as Apple loves to code in obsolescence into their software, even though my 4,1 Pro benches surpass nearly every new machine Apple sells and has a 64bit EFI.
I hoped that with Metal, Apple will seriously take on the "prosumer" computer user market that wants what they made with the old Mac Pro's, but with consumer grade upgradable CPU's at least 4 full sized DIMM slots and plenty of standard PCI-E slots (with support for SLI), the kind of customer that likes to tinker and code, like we did in the old days, like Woz did, I'm not saying that it is impossible to code with their new hardware, but they are seeming to be chasing the money too much, they have so much money from mobile iOS platforms that it doesn't even make sense for them to protect OSX anymore. Open up the platform, sell a range of 3 sized cases that integrates with standard motherboards and hardware. Even if the entire venture loses $200m that is nothing to Apple. but such a venture would surly be popular, even if it was $300 for a bare case, high end PC cases hit that price point and those companies make profit. Apple has the money, the manufacturing access and the control. But they won't do it, and that's ok, I will stick with my old Mac Pro for as long as it runs and be satisfied (at least until Intel release a consumer grade 12 core CPU and my machine is no longer to keep up with the augmented reality OS's of the future.
Each OS has its place, Windows has domain level integration and policy control, Linux has security control and server performance optimization, IOS has simplicity of configuration and management. OSX has always been a home OS for me, the iLife suite integration sold it to me years ago, for me, the move of Apple's desktop OS towards the simple iTouch style is welcome. They have given up on the corporate network, they don't have hardware level disk encryption and for my home computer I don't care, I want my photos to sync with my camera and phone, I want my family to not bug me with questions about updates, firmware, drivers, filetypes etc.
i also want a computer that I can modify, install new GPU's in, looks great, has excellent build quality and still be pretty fast.
I have built hackintoshes, but it was too much annoyance for my home computer , the Mac Pro seems like it is destined to go down that route to some extent as Apple loves to code in obsolescence into their software, even though my 4,1 Pro benches surpass nearly every new machine Apple sells and has a 64bit EFI.
I hoped that with Metal, Apple will seriously take on the "prosumer" computer user market that wants what they made with the old Mac Pro's, but with consumer grade upgradable CPU's at least 4 full sized DIMM slots and plenty of standard PCI-E slots (with support for SLI), the kind of customer that likes to tinker and code, like we did in the old days, like Woz did, I'm not saying that it is impossible to code with their new hardware, but they are seeming to be chasing the money too much, they have so much money from mobile iOS platforms that it doesn't even make sense for them to protect OSX anymore. Open up the platform, sell a range of 3 sized cases that integrates with standard motherboards and hardware. Even if the entire venture loses $200m that is nothing to Apple. but such a venture would surly be popular, even if it was $300 for a bare case, high end PC cases hit that price point and those companies make profit. Apple has the money, the manufacturing access and the control. But they won't do it, and that's ok, I will stick with my old Mac Pro for as long as it runs and be satisfied (at least until Intel release a consumer grade 12 core CPU and my machine is no longer to keep up with the augmented reality OS's of the future.
Not sure... I mean "till the day I die" vs "no matter the situation"...seems pretty much the same.
Except, maybe, only for convicts sentenced to death
One persons premium is another overpriced..
If I go to OCN and talk about all my bequiet I'll hear all about overpriced
Well I voted for no. 2, mainly because I'm becoming more and more disillusioned with Apple full stop (or period, for our American cousins). Being English, I've always rooted for the underdog, and back in the 90's, that's what Apple were. These days, now we're on the road to Brexit and imported goods prices will be rising, Apple are looking less & less attractive as a product range. Pay more for less? I don't think so, Tim. Time to root for another underdog.
Ray
Ray
I am tending to spend my money based on quality and price. I prefer to 'reward' those that achieve that balance and not get married to any name brand. Apple for now is OUT. The two models of most interest to me of course are the one's that took the biggest hit - Mini and the Pro.
As long as they keep me being able to CLICK ANY SAFARI LINK SAFELY until the end of time, I am with them. You can't just click ANY ole LINK in Windows. I mean honestly, how many people on their Windows 7 machine go, nah nah man, I ain't clicking that, when you are in IE or EDGE or even Chrome (in Windows)? and then go over to your Mac, fire up Safari and CLICK AWAY! Where you feel 100% protected? That's the bottom line for me. I don't have time to back my system up or image my drives before every LINK I click on the internet.