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Why Do You Buy Apple Products?
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I am probably one of the longest Apple product owners since my first Apple product was an Apple II (not e or + but first real commercial product).
I love how they work together. I take a picture on my iPhone and it shows up on my iPad and MB I know there are ways to do that with other products but I really don't have to do anything.
Individually I really like how they all work. I think they function great (not perfect) but better than my wife's Windows machine or the Android phone she used to have (like the Apple one much better).
So summary I think Apple makes great products that fit my needs.
I love how they work together. I take a picture on my iPhone and it shows up on my iPad and MB I know there are ways to do that with other products but I really don't have to do anything.
Individually I really like how they all work. I think they function great (not perfect) but better than my wife's Windows machine or the Android phone she used to have (like the Apple one much better).
So summary I think Apple makes great products that fit my needs.
really, that the alternatives suck.
1. non-mac laptops are so bad
2. linux-ish terminal with good usability
3. the great touchpad scrolling
4. Android updates frequency is pathetic
1. non-mac laptops are so bad
2. linux-ish terminal with good usability
3. the great touchpad scrolling
4. Android updates frequency is pathetic
I had an basic MP3 player at 14 and it lasted a year or two. I then bought an iPod shuffle from my first job when I was 15. It still works today.
I got an iPod nano at 17 and it still works today. These where the only two technology products I had that didn’t have random issues or die after a few years.
In 2008 I tested an iPhone 3G and knew it was going to grow into so and got one. I still wasn’t convinced on laptops and had a Toshiba. But it died twice in the 2 years I had it.
My next laptop was a 2011 MacBook Pro and I’m still using it today.
I love that the products last and I don’t have to fight them with IT Issue.
I got an iPod nano at 17 and it still works today. These where the only two technology products I had that didn’t have random issues or die after a few years.
In 2008 I tested an iPhone 3G and knew it was going to grow into so and got one. I still wasn’t convinced on laptops and had a Toshiba. But it died twice in the 2 years I had it.
My next laptop was a 2011 MacBook Pro and I’m still using it today.
I love that the products last and I don’t have to fight them with IT Issue.
You get the latest ios version but you don't get the latest ios features. Apps have to be updated to take advantage of those new features (split screen, dark mode, etc).
I love Linux and loved what Google was doing really early on in their product endeavors to include Android. I liked the open source mentality. I was even selected to be given the CR48 for Chrome OS trials. After years of buying Nexus devices with promise of frequently supported updates I felt betrayed when Google let carriers dictate everything and the support wasn't offered.
I switched to IOS since Apple sets the standard for updates not the wireless carriers. The lack of bloatware was a huge plus. Now I say for those reasons, their commitment to security and privacy and everything (even concepts borrowed from Android) just work better.
I switched to IOS since Apple sets the standard for updates not the wireless carriers. The lack of bloatware was a huge plus. Now I say for those reasons, their commitment to security and privacy and everything (even concepts borrowed from Android) just work better.
1. OS is properly integrated across the product range.
2. Not afraid to Make big changes - and when they do they do it well.
3. Design
4. OS and devices are supported properly for years.
5. Resale Value
2. Not afraid to Make big changes - and when they do they do it well.
3. Design
4. OS and devices are supported properly for years.
5. Resale Value
All of mine have been reliable and long lasting. My iPod Classic has lasted since like 2008 and still is going strong.
the ecosystem is very attractive, but some of the things I used to love are going away. Especially when they (Steve Jobs?) kept a tight leash on interface design. Used to be you’d get a new program for the mac, and you could just use it because of the common layout/functionality of the menus. Now - especially with the iPad/iOS, it’s sometimes a major pain to find what you know should be there. Who’s brilliant idea was it to remove the reply icon from the top of a mail message.
all that aside, I ***LOVE*** the iPad and the Pencil & the Procreate program, which is iPad only. No othe styus, including the old Wacom tablets, works as well as the pencil does. As an artist, that keeps me trapped in the ecosystem.
all that aside, I ***LOVE*** the iPad and the Pencil & the Procreate program, which is iPad only. No othe styus, including the old Wacom tablets, works as well as the pencil does. As an artist, that keeps me trapped in the ecosystem.
2 things. Photos and Time Machine. Show me a better way to do these things with zero effort.
1) For the MBP - macOS
2) For the iPhone - because having to sift through all the Android products to find one that works nicely and stays non-laggy is a bit of a pain. But I am on the fence with this one, and am considering an Android next.
Some people talk about the ecosystem, but I haven't bought into that at all. I won't touch software that requires cross machine communication that doesn't have versions on other platforms. E.g. I don't use iMessage (mostly because when I have it turned on, my son doesn't receive my messages at all for some weird unsolved reason), nor iChat (mostly because there are so many other good options, why would you use the only Apple-only one), nor Pages or Numbers etc. There are many other options for all of these that are cross-platform, work perfectly fine, and in some cases, open source.
The degrading quality assurance and design choices of both hardware (keyboards, heat issues, popping audio, etc) and software (Catalina) on Macs since 2015 is heartbreaking, so I still haven't upgraded my MBP since, and am still on Mojave. "It just works" died a long time ago. I do hold hope that the ARM Macs and Big Sur turn out to be gems, but I'm not holding my breath.
The quality of iPhone hardware seems to be fine, but the removal of the jack is a real punch in the face for dongle-less audio quality. iOS seems to be dropping in quality assurance too.
On the positive side, when customers start leaving (e.g. a lot of the high end creative pros have switched from Apple over recent years), Apple has been awakened from it's stupor, and put effort into fixing the problem (e.g. creating the Apple Pro Workflow Team). So there is hope yet, even though they seem to be playing wack-a-mole at the moment.
2) For the iPhone - because having to sift through all the Android products to find one that works nicely and stays non-laggy is a bit of a pain. But I am on the fence with this one, and am considering an Android next.
Some people talk about the ecosystem, but I haven't bought into that at all. I won't touch software that requires cross machine communication that doesn't have versions on other platforms. E.g. I don't use iMessage (mostly because when I have it turned on, my son doesn't receive my messages at all for some weird unsolved reason), nor iChat (mostly because there are so many other good options, why would you use the only Apple-only one), nor Pages or Numbers etc. There are many other options for all of these that are cross-platform, work perfectly fine, and in some cases, open source.
The degrading quality assurance and design choices of both hardware (keyboards, heat issues, popping audio, etc) and software (Catalina) on Macs since 2015 is heartbreaking, so I still haven't upgraded my MBP since, and am still on Mojave. "It just works" died a long time ago. I do hold hope that the ARM Macs and Big Sur turn out to be gems, but I'm not holding my breath.
The quality of iPhone hardware seems to be fine, but the removal of the jack is a real punch in the face for dongle-less audio quality. iOS seems to be dropping in quality assurance too.
On the positive side, when customers start leaving (e.g. a lot of the high end creative pros have switched from Apple over recent years), Apple has been awakened from it's stupor, and put effort into fixing the problem (e.g. creating the Apple Pro Workflow Team). So there is hope yet, even though they seem to be playing wack-a-mole at the moment.
The question why some choose not to buy Apple products is also of interest - the question could have been "'why you do' or 'why you don't'".
For me it’s quality of their products, the longevity, software and the ecosystem.
I started owning Apple products in 2011 with my MacBook Pro then a year later the iPhone. I did switch to Android for sometime and even though I did enjoy Google’s ecosystem it soon became not as “fluid” and simple as Apple’s. I’ve came back in 2017 and honestly I’ve never looked back. I will say some Apple products are on the expensive side but they always have some great quality and ease of use.
I started owning Apple products in 2011 with my MacBook Pro then a year later the iPhone. I did switch to Android for sometime and even though I did enjoy Google’s ecosystem it soon became not as “fluid” and simple as Apple’s. I’ve came back in 2017 and honestly I’ve never looked back. I will say some Apple products are on the expensive side but they always have some great quality and ease of use.
I love the quality. I have a 10-year-old iMac still running fine. I was forcefed a PC at work for 20 years and hated it. I got my iMac at home and love it. I also like the operating system as well. That with Unix from the command line is a match made in heaven
I have a possibly interesting past with Apple. I bought a Macintosh IIcx, and found out it had 'dirty ROMs'. I was so disappointed. The IIcx even had a ROM slot, but the paranoid android (I say that lovingly), steve jobs, refused to make one. So I went to PC's. I was on PCs for years, swearing never to buy another Apple product. Then the MacBook came out. I had a black version. It worked. Prior to that I bought a first gen iPod, and took it back because it was a a joke. A physical spinning wheel? (I should have kept it. DOH!) and had a typical experience with a Pal Treo. Just about every month, I lost my address book, and every other feature the guys at the Verizon store couldn't get to work. No email, SMS, it was a sick joke. I missed out on the first gen iPhone, and started with the 2, as I remember. What a joy to not have to recreate my address book any longer. The damn Treo figured out how to delete it off the device AND the computer, and that was it. LAST TIME! *POOF* Gone.
So I started using MacBook Pro notebooks in my computer company for service calls, and got a few clients to buy them. They just worked, and were pretty durable. So I have a Mac Pro that is really old, and it still works. I miss my IIcx, but for the price of a used one, I'm happy with the iMacs and Pro I have. I did see a picture of a prototype IIcx ROM SIMM. *shrug*
Apple replaced my psycho refurbed iMac a number of years ago with a new in-box unit, and helped me transfer my data. Who would do that? HP? Dell? Yeah, hardly...
Thinking back, my first computer job was at a store that was the only local Apple dealer just after the first Macintosh came out. They had a number of Lisa computers, and Dec Rainbows too. It was a totally different world in the computer industry. It's lost a lot in those decades. *sigh*
*POOF* Gone.So I started using MacBook Pro notebooks in my computer company for service calls, and got a few clients to buy them. They just worked, and were pretty durable. So I have a Mac Pro that is really old, and it still works. I miss my IIcx, but for the price of a used one, I'm happy with the iMacs and Pro I have. I did see a picture of a prototype IIcx ROM SIMM. *shrug*
Apple replaced my psycho refurbed iMac a number of years ago with a new in-box unit, and helped me transfer my data. Who would do that? HP? Dell? Yeah, hardly...
Thinking back, my first computer job was at a store that was the only local Apple dealer just after the first Macintosh came out. They had a number of Lisa computers, and Dec Rainbows too. It was a totally different world in the computer industry. It's lost a lot in those decades. *sigh*
iPad still working after 9 years, although it's pretty slow for web browsing and many things, but the simple games still play fine. Looking to replace though. My just as old iMac died recently, repair costs 2/3 a new Mac Mini, so screw that. Always owned Mac/PC, when my current Windows PC dies, I'm building my own Linux. MacOS is still my favorite, so I'll be keeping an eye on ARM Mac Mini, I think there is a lot of value in MacOS, all the free software that comes with it was very useful. Throwing a still working IPS screen away like the one on my dead iMac, that doesn't feel good. I miss you my iMac.
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I buy Apple products because of the symmetry between all of the devices. I can do iMessage from my Watch, my iPad, my MacBook Pro, and my phone. I can accept a call from any device. Applications are fluid between all devices with handoff. I can log into my MBP with my watch, accept administration prompts with double clicking the watch button.
Mac OS has a beauty about it that stays out of your way and lets you do what you want to do (coming from someone who has been using Windows most of his life). I don’t do advertisements and forced adware, that’s why I left Android.
There is a beauty to Mac hardware - a quality that is hard to replicate elsewhere even with $.
The fact that (I used to be able to) walk into an Apple Store and get my device replaced in minutes (AppleCare+) is HUGE.
I have. Been hooked since. My first iPhone 3 g in 2007 quality and security are a few of the things keeping me
It used to be longevity but my iMac just imploded after 4 years and given the price that is very painful. Making me rethink the prices. I also have a ~20 year Photos database with 40000 photos with hand done keywords. That keep me in Apple as well. I do love the iPhone but Samsung phones are also great.