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Disagree on some points but agree on Big Sur being bad(Monterey is so more fun to use), death of 32bit apps. As for pinnacale its a matter of opinion.
The ports is not an issue anymore, the Mac Studio has more ports and the ports are more modern than the iMac 2019 if ports are a must for a user. The Studio also supports 1 extra external monitor.
I definitely agree on native Windows compatiblity, this is not possible on M1 Macs.
M1's work wonderfully on video and coding work and some 3D but audio needs some more time.
Fun hypothetical. I’m assuming I can own any number of devices from other companies besides Apple.
If it was just about a lone device preference based on UX, I suppose it would just be the device I use the most, which these days would probably be my iPad mini.
But I use my laptop for work, and I feel I am able to work most efficiently on macOS, so I would take a Mac laptop over an iPad mini.
But in the end, I would probably have to choose an iPhone, and the reason is simply privacy. Privacy is more important to me than a little gain in efficiency. And with a smartphone being IMO the biggest liability for data-theft (or mining), and Apple being the most privacy-focused smartphone maker (as far as I know), I’d have to go with iPhone.
If it was just about a lone device preference based on UX, I suppose it would just be the device I use the most, which these days would probably be my iPad mini.
But I use my laptop for work, and I feel I am able to work most efficiently on macOS, so I would take a Mac laptop over an iPad mini.
But in the end, I would probably have to choose an iPhone, and the reason is simply privacy. Privacy is more important to me than a little gain in efficiency. And with a smartphone being IMO the biggest liability for data-theft (or mining), and Apple being the most privacy-focused smartphone maker (as far as I know), I’d have to go with iPhone.
And that's why Mac will never be a gaming platform.
Even people who buy Apple - only 12% chose a Mac Desktop.
(This isn't a complaint. Mac has never been "for games". Just reminded of the post I read yesterday...)
Even people who buy Apple - only 12% chose a Mac Desktop.
(This isn't a complaint. Mac has never been "for games". Just reminded of the post I read yesterday...)
iPad. No actual competing products exist. Samsung's top tier Android phones are fine, as is Windows. Android sucks on tablets, even with Samsung's best efforts to clean it up.
I'm honestly surprised iPhone is winning. I can only conclude many here haven't actually used a Galaxy S in the past few years. They're very, very competitive with the iPhone, a little better at some things, a little worse at others. Other than just personal preference, you're really not missing anything using one over the other. They're basically fungible.
As many know here I switch tech a lot.. so losing all my Apple devices wouldn’t be the end of the world however one device that has been exclusively Apple for me for a long time is a macOS based device. 
So I’ll keep my MacBooks over the rest. The Apple Watch is a close second.
So I’ll keep my MacBooks over the rest. The Apple Watch is a close second.
I bought the S22 Plus and promptly returned it after 2 days. I also tried the Fold 3. I just can not get on board with Android. More power to anyone that prefers it and I am glad they are using what they like. iPhone for me is just familiar. I need certain things to be in order and iOS does not change much year over year.
I want my 1981 ][+ back so I can play choplifter, people pong, temple of asphi, and wizard and the princess.
You did not really give Android a proper transition period. Nothing wrong with you preferring iOS.
for me its pretty easy, i never used mac due to gaming, watch meh, ipad can do everything a iphone can do and more much better but be the daily phone, so its easy for me to replace everything with alternatives except the iPad, the replacement for that is the hardest to do.
Will iPod Touch ever get even a single vote?
Might as well have included the polishing cloth! (Useful for cleaning your glasses, even if you don't own any other Apple gear.)
Might as well have included the polishing cloth! (Useful for cleaning your glasses, even if you don't own any other Apple gear.)
Perhaps the iPad Pro with cellular service. It's portable enough and able to run iPad/iPhone apps as well as having cameras built-in.
At the end, and IMHO (with all the respects to the OP) ... watching the results I think this poll is going more towards what kind of "computing unit" do you need every day to accomplish your tasks, cause you must choose just one, so more focused into "mobile device" or "computer device", and in the case of Apple, this can be even more reduced to iOS/iPadOS vs MacOS, so which one of these two OS's you use the most and/or which one you can't give up to use.
Funny story:
- sum "Mac Desktop"+"Mac Laptop" and they're now 171
- sum "iPhone"+"iPad" and they're now 228
From 415 voters it's seems clear most ppl is deciding between these "two" options, and what the tech gurus said years ago it seems more than plausible, we're moving towards a world where the ones we need to use traditional computers to work/enjoy, it's gonna be reduced more and more, but the numbers are still strong on an approx 60% mobile/40% computer basis as seen from the results.
What a time to be alive
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It’s broken down to consumption and creation. We have reached the point where even cheap devices are really good consumption devices, and are becoming better creation devices with every generation.At the end, and IMHO (with all the respects to the OP) ... watching the results I think this poll is going more towards what kind of "computing unit" do you need every day to accomplish your tasks, cause you must choose just one, so more focused into "mobile device" or "computer device", and in the case of Apple, this can be even more reduced to iOS/iPadOS vs MacOS.
Funny story:
- sum "Mac Desktop"+"Mac Laptop" and they're now 171
- sum "iPhone"+"iPad" and they're now 228
From 415 voters it's seems clear most ppl is deciding between these "two" options, and what the tech gurus said years ago it seems more than plausible, we're moving towards a world where the ones we need to use traditional computers to work/enjoy, it's gonna be reduced more and more, but the numbers are still strong on an approx 60% mobile/40% computer basis as seen from the results.
What a time to live in
We reached this point because of specialized silicon, and the silicon options have gotten so good: it is actually cheaper to produce a full system chip, than to produce a lesser performing chip without the things you don’t need.
Basically, we are a few years away from your light switch getting a SOC faster than most computers available today, not because we are trying to have super powered light switches, but because, it’s cheaper. Producing a single SOC design that fits all needs, for all electronic goals is ultimately the path we are left with in the next decade.
