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What is YOUR priority of Apple Products?

Out of my devices:

1. iPhone 7 Plus - Battery, screen, speed, solid device.
2. iPad Pro 9.7 - Best sized iPad and enjoy the accessories
3. Airpods - Apple's magic product
4. Apple TV 4K - Better than my OLED TV interface and works with my iTunes home server
5. Homepod - Great sound and works with all my Apple devices
6. iPad Pro 12.9 - That screen!
7. iBook - This would be No 1 if it was still in proper daily use, it now has a life as an iTunes server. Never crashes, unlike Raspbery Pi's running plex!!
8. BeatsX - Great for gym use
9. Macbook 12'' (Just picked it up, it's underpowered but can't be Windows or Linux only)
 
iPhone. I work all day on a Windows machine but I've used Apple for the last 6 years in the mobile field.
 
1) My Mac's (currently iMac and Macbook Air 11" which is a good mix for me)
2) Timecapsule. Really happy with it, but hardware is getting old. Since Apple does not plan on making new models, I have manually upgraded my existing with 4GB 2,5" drive for lower noise and capacity.
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3-4) iPad (don't have iPad anymore and my current Android tablet is sufficient, but whenever it needs replacement, I might consider, if things are like they are today)
3-4) iPhone (already replaced, but still in my possession. If springboard gets an update and Apple doesn't settle on face-unlock only, I might consider iPhone again next time upgrade is needed)
5) Apple Tv (Connect my 11" Macbook Air directly instead, so hardly ever use it)
 
iPhone, Mac, iPad.

With no landline, the iPhone is my only phone (cellular and VoIP service). iPhone can do all the email, messaging, web access that the other devices do. Can do text processing in a pinch to some extent. But, still need a Mac for some things (Xcode, vm, heavy duty photo editing & word procesing).

But that said, the priority for replacement is iPhone, iPad, Mac.

iPhone, since these devices get the most drops, bumps, small batteries, they seem (to me) to have a short useable lifespan. Then iPad. Desktop computers can live a long life as they don't generally get banged around as badly and probably have enough processing power to handle my workload. I went from iPhone 6 to 8, just replaced iPad 3 with Gen 6, maybe next year will replace the 2008 MBP with something new.
 
Tough question because I love OSX and the integration of the data... contact, calendar, notes, ToDo, etc.
if everything was destroyed I would..
MacBook Pro + iPhoneX
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aWatch - would probably go Garmin/FitBit
aTV - can stream Netflix on almost anything these days but might miss screen mirroring
iPad - meh - never really warmed up to it but I still like my Mini2
AirPort Extreme/Express - go mesh networking - would find another solution for streaming to my audio systems

In the end, I can live without Apple but prefer OSX and iOS to the competitors
 
arkitect said:
I know I am not answering your question, but… if all my Apple tech was destroyed in some freak occurrence, I probably would not replace any of them.

I'd go fresh and go Windows and Android. From the ground up.

Like I said, probably not answering your question, but that's what I would do.
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Actually no that answers my question perfectly. So basically you feel that none of the Apple devices are superior to the competition but it's just that ecosystem lock in keeping you around?

So lemme dig a little deeper there, because I've noticed an ambiguousness in my framing. The devices are gone, but imagine you still have all your icloud backups, app purcahses, iCloud photos, etc... So obviously everthing can simply be gained back. Would you still jump ship? If you would, what's stopping you from leaving right now one device at a time (as they need to be replaced)? Or are you already doing that?
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
Actually no that answers my question perfectly. So basically you feel that none of the Apple devices are superior to the competition but it's just that ecosystem lock in keeping you around?

So lemme dig a little deeper there, because I've noticed an ambiguousness in my framing. The devices are gone, but imagine you still have all your icloud backups, app purcahses, iCloud photos, etc... So obviously everthing can simply be gained back. Would you still jump ship? If you would, what's stopping you from leaving right now one device at a time (as they need to be replaced)? Or are you already doing that?
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Well, my App purchases are relatively inconsequential. I use Spotify for streaming… My cloud backups go to Google Drive and Photos is the only iCloud backup I use (and even that is also uploaded to Google Drive)

So… yeah, I am just sitting on the fence really. I have used Macs for so long… 30+ years that it is a habit. OTOH, I have also been using Windows from Windows 3.1.
I'm not at all trying to stir up a polemic, just my way of looking at it.

It all depends on Apple's hardware releases. Movement on the Mac Pro side will (probably) get my continued loyalty. If it is just a *meh* release then alas I might have to convince myself to say goodbye.

But not yet. ;)

Thanks for asking the question. It has definitely stimulated me to ask myself about my relationship with Apple — almost as bad as my relationship with dark chocolate! :D
 
1. iPhone 8+
2. AirPods
3. MBP
4. Watch
5. Mac 27"
6.  TV
7. HomePod

That is probably also the same order that they are used overall...

Quite honestly, I would probably do without versus going back to Window products, with the exception of a phone - had to deal with with them for too many years while working and would rather avoid the frustrations.
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
So basically you feel that none of the Apple devices are superior to the competition but it's just that ecosystem lock in keeping you around?
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arkitect said:
Well, my App purchases are relatively inconsequential. I use Spotify for streaming… My cloud backups go to Google Drive and Photos is the only iCloud backup I use (and even that is also uploaded to Google Drive)

So… yeah, I am just sitting on the fence really. I have used Macs for so long… 30+ years that it is a habit. OTOH, I have also been using Windows from Windows 3.1.
I'm not at all trying to stir up a polemic, just my way of looking at it.
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I'm with arkitect in that I pretty much use free software, various cloud services, so, could move to something else fairly easily.

And like arkitect, have been around the block and been on every type of computing environment there is (starting with punch-cards, teletypes, and dumb terminals for input devices), and to me, our devices are just tools for our daily lives.

Me specifically, I don't need to hyper-customize my devices, not a gamer, so Android's less siloed environment does not offer anything compelling. Stopped paying close attention to benchmarks as my workflow/usage will never push a device to the limits (only time will notice benchmarks is if there is a night/day difference between flagships, which pretty much does not happen these days). Mobile device screens, to me, are good (enough) on the flagships for what I do, so again, don't need bleeding-edge screens.

Add in better odds of getting software updates for my Apple iOS devices vs many Android manufacturers (yes, broad brushing this), Apple's walled garden is not an issue for me.

Desktop, I have been in the *nix world for decades, and that Mac is BSD is something I understand and appreciate. Windows has become a much better environment (UI/UX complaints aside), but again, nothing compelling, and the whole registry thing needed to be nuked a long time ago, nothing making me jump in that direction. Sure, could go Linux, but not interested in tinkering. And again, aside from some code development and running the occasional vm, not needing lots of horsepower on my desktop.

And guessing most people outside of this board probably have some similar thought process. This board is probably the wrong place to ask this question as it's full of tech enthusiasts that "need" newest, fastest, biggest, etc. devices.
 
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1. iPad
2. Apple Pencil

3. iPhone (I would try the Pixel 2)
4. Macbook (I would try the Dell XPS series)
5. Apple Watch (Maybe a FitBit?)
6. AirPods (Stick to only using my Bose)
7. Apple TV (Get the rumored Fire TV Cube)

Replacing all those things with competitor equivalents wouldn't be the end of the world. But I use my iPad every day, my most used device, and I feel the tablet competition is practically non-existent so I would miss it the most.
 
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If I stayed with Apple then I'd have to say the 2013 Mac Pro, but given age of updates to the product range and the lack of 'wow' features, I'd probably be looking elsewhere. Apple really need to re-focus on the Mac range and quality software to get me to stick around...
 
I honestly think the only thing I wouldn’t be happy with an alternative replacement for would be iPad. I like Mac OS, but I don’t need to use it and I get on with Windows too. As far as iPhone goes it’s more of an ecosystem convenience thing, I think I could probably move to an Android (likely one of the new Nokias) with little real inconvenience. I’m not a heavy app user on my phone so apple’s real advantage in the phone space is largely redundant to me.
 
DeltaMac said:
I had no intent to appear as if trolling. We simply think differently. I have been using Apple products for more than 25 years. I enjoy them, but none are important enough that I would replace any if all were intentionally destroyed.
So, I initially thought that the premise of assigning a priority for replacement in that case was faulty.
Perhaps I was mistaken in that viewpoint.
I will not comment further here :cool:
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I'm with you Delta. Pretty hard to answer: If I could only have one Apple product, what would it be?

If we all could only have one product, Apple would not be Apple, so...we would most likely have no Apple product.
 
I have no priority, as it doesn't make sense. I own what I own because I need them. Marking which ones I need more or can only use one doesn't seem to make sense to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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1. iPhone: That's the only Apple product I'd absolutely hate to replace with anything else.
2. 06 MacbooK: Could care less. It's convenient for programming Airport devices which the iPhone can cover. Otherwise it's barely ever used at a customer location. It's just been transitioned to an i3 laptop I got for free anyways.
3. 09 iMac: Got it for free. I didn't sell it because it happened to be useful for a one time remote work project. It'll be wiped and sold at some point.
4. Vintage Macs and various peripherals: They just sit there and have no real use.
5. Time Capsule: Got it for free. It does a better job as an secondary access point than an old Linksys. I'd never buy one and would rather have a nice new TP-Link anyways. I do make use of it for Windows backups. It's cheaper than having my media server running 24/7. I can always plug a hard drive into a TP-Link for the same basic function.
 
1. MacBook
2. iPhone

Although I have no plans to change phones, trying a new phone after years could be refreshing for a little bit.
 
boast said:
1. iPad
2. Apple Pencil
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I still crack up laughing, even today, when a "pencil" is considered a product. I dunno why, probably because its mostly what a pencil is used from drawing, creativity, with some tech-stuff added in to make this look "unique"..

A "smart pencil" then..... but since it can only be used on Apple products...
 
Tech198 said:
I still crack up laughing, even today, when a "pencil" is considered a product. I dunno why, probably because its mostly what a pencil is used from drawing, creativity, with some tech-stuff added in to make this look "unique"..

A "smart pencil" then..... but since it can only be used on Apple products...
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Is not really about the pencil looking unique... It's that it allows me to teach students remotely, from my home or halfway across the world!
 
In terms of use at the moment

iPhone - all day
Apple Watch - all day
Mac Pro - @work all day
MacBook Pro - @home
AppleTV - only thing I watch TV on
AirPods/Beats Studio3 - when it's me time. on the go it's Airpods, at home it's the Studio3's
HomePod - least actively used

iPad has no place in my day to day.
 
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