IT means I don't want to use it, be exposed to ads on my OS, have Microsoft spy on my activities, record every single action and save that on my C drive filling up my storage.
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Steve Jobs Made Apple Care. Who Does Now?
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The next CEO will determine the fate of Apple. Never was a fan of Tim "bean counter" Cook. Need someone with an innovative mind like Steve Jobs to take Apple to the next decade.
I was just mentioning why I left - no need to beat a dead horse on a windows forum. I had mentioned that window's direction was counter to my priorities and went back to the Mac. I provided details as to what those items were, but overall, I'm largely done with windows on a personal level.
How is Tim Cook a “bean counter”? Seriously, I’m not sure where this came from.
Okay, but this is an Apple forum, one way or another. Why bring Windows and Microsoft into this discussion?
It's about AppleCare, or the lack of it and I know it's pointless writing to Tim Cook.
A bunch of bloatware and spyware in the OS, constant stability issues, AWFUL RAM optimization, and driver hell.
This will be an interesting experiment when these folks, many with limited access to social media, get access to it for the first time as adults.
omg how some of you people can devote such emotion to things like this is beyond me.
Words like "love" "passion" "soul" ... Apple is a corporation, like any other. Don't love things that won't love you back. The moment their products don't work for you, you should explore other options. Maybe Apple remains the "least worst" choice, maybe something else turns out to be better. Either way, seek out what is the best mix of price, function, and value for you and your needs, regardless of what anyone else thinks, and independent of brand. There's no benefit to you to be wedded at the hip to Apple because of some embarrassingly maudlin emotional connection. Anything you "feel" about Apple is purely the result of marketing.
Words like "love" "passion" "soul" ... Apple is a corporation, like any other. Don't love things that won't love you back. The moment their products don't work for you, you should explore other options. Maybe Apple remains the "least worst" choice, maybe something else turns out to be better. Either way, seek out what is the best mix of price, function, and value for you and your needs, regardless of what anyone else thinks, and independent of brand. There's no benefit to you to be wedded at the hip to Apple because of some embarrassingly maudlin emotional connection. Anything you "feel" about Apple is purely the result of marketing.
Cook designed a world wide supply chain that saved Apple billions of dollars by out-sourcing manufacturing. He was never about the products.
yeah I agree after his physical expert or personal physician eliminated "all beans" from his diet.
Does he have to be? I was always under the impression he delegated product stuff the product people in the company. Presumably that’s what Jobs intended when he made him CEO.
There are quite a few bugs on MacOS, but they're relatively small.
I had to fix a friend's Windows PC a few months ago (I used to be a Windows admin type person many, many years ago) which involved a reinstall.
When I got back home, I could have kissed my Macbook!
As for iOS ... it also has quite a few small bugs, but I assume the competition is the same or worse, and as I think the iPhone 17 is great value for money, there's no point in risking worse hardware and a same-or-worse OS.
I had to fix a friend's Windows PC a few months ago (I used to be a Windows admin type person many, many years ago) which involved a reinstall.
When I got back home, I could have kissed my Macbook!
As for iOS ... it also has quite a few small bugs, but I assume the competition is the same or worse, and as I think the iPhone 17 is great value for money, there's no point in risking worse hardware and a same-or-worse OS.
Depends on the Category:
1. Computers, absolutely not macOS is the only good option on the market. Linux is a constant headache and Windows is not much better.
2. Tablets and Vision Pro: Nothing better on the market
3. Phones: Maybe. I really like my iPhone AIR, now I can use iMessage on android since I have a macOS server at home.
1. Computers, absolutely not macOS is the only good option on the market. Linux is a constant headache and Windows is not much better.
2. Tablets and Vision Pro: Nothing better on the market
3. Phones: Maybe. I really like my iPhone AIR, now I can use iMessage on android since I have a macOS server at home.
none of the 'hyped stuff' was ever hyped by Apple though...... they are just rumours. Maybe you aren't old enough to ensure it is ground into your memory that you will always be disappointed at Apple if you base your expectations believing the stories, and this certainly includes when Steve was alive
The iPhone certainly wasn't the first phone nor pda or mp3 player - the genius was to combine everything into a killer device with the touch screen and multi touch.
There are plenty of opportunities for similar devices to emerge, but you need to recognise that the phone was a 1 in 20 year product and the timing aligned.
Macs: My work machine runs Win11 and I think it’s awful. So yes, I probably will be using macs in the foreseeable future.
Phones: I don’t know. Probably yes. It’s got some bugs. But I used IOS 7 and iOS 13, that were full of bugs. And it got better so I expect iOS to get better again. Maybe not iOS 26, but iOS 27.
(And as an 13 mini user, I ride that phone into the sunset, so yes… 😅)
Tablets: see phones.
Apple TV: this is a true hidden champion IMO, will use that 100%
Other stuff: 50%/50%.