Having apple products is like learning French. Or Chinese. Being multilingual broadens us intellectually and gives us new perspectives. Sticking with one operating system (or one spoken language, or one computer language, or one social media site, etc) is easier, and everybody wants easy these days. But that homogeneity diminishes us.
I'm writing this on an android tablet. A few bugs, but mostly works well. I use several iPads and an iMac regularly. Quirky, but they work well. Their ease of use overcomes their odd interfaces. Several of my most important apps only work on windows, so that's my primary system for those. As the poet Rodney said, can't we all just get along?
Actually, Microsoft's work has *never been better*... and I mean that in the true Hollywood sense. Even going back to Windows 1.0 (we won't even talk about DOS), Microsoft has always been a low end, copycat organization out to do one thing and that is to cement itself into our lives by monopoly... it's user experience is shit. Even today, updates usually require a restart and interrupt your work... It is a rat's nest of crapware.
At Apple, they have always had an emphasis on the aesthetic and the user experience. MacOS Darwin or whatever they call it is based on a very solid Unix-like operating system foundation which is more secure and efficient that Windows will ever be... The amazing thing to me over the years that that often when Apple would release a new update for its cellphone OS, it would SPEED THE PHONE UP (on the same hardware). Exactly the opposite of EVERY update Microsoft has ever rolled out.
That all being said, I am a Linux devotee... (Unix-derived or emulated, MacOS cousin)... Windows Vista did that for me. My grand plan is to buy a Mac for myself once my working years no longer require a Windows shitbox. My kids will grow up using Macs in college. More expensive, but so many young college grads tell me they "got a Mac for high school graduation" and still use it today. Your life should not revolve around servicing your machines, they should serve you.
It does seem to make you angry. I think I can see that what is bothering you is the influence of big business on your life and those about you. That is very common.
Europe had no point except spreading Catholic faith.
The Catholic Church is in eclipse.
She is undergoing her passion.
She will be exalted, and the peoples of the world will be comforted. The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I want a phone with an LGB emoji.
Having apple products is like learning French. Or Chinese. Being multilingual broadens us intellectually and gives us new perspectives. Sticking with one operating system (or one spoken language, or one computer language, or one social media site, etc) is easier, and everybody wants easy these days. But that homogeneity diminishes us.
I'm writing this on an android tablet. A few bugs, but mostly works well. I use several iPads and an iMac regularly. Quirky, but they work well. Their ease of use overcomes their odd interfaces. Several of my most important apps only work on windows, so that's my primary system for those. As the poet Rodney said, can't we all just get along?
Actually, Microsoft's work has *never been better*... and I mean that in the true Hollywood sense. Even going back to Windows 1.0 (we won't even talk about DOS), Microsoft has always been a low end, copycat organization out to do one thing and that is to cement itself into our lives by monopoly... it's user experience is shit. Even today, updates usually require a restart and interrupt your work... It is a rat's nest of crapware.
At Apple, they have always had an emphasis on the aesthetic and the user experience. MacOS Darwin or whatever they call it is based on a very solid Unix-like operating system foundation which is more secure and efficient that Windows will ever be... The amazing thing to me over the years that that often when Apple would release a new update for its cellphone OS, it would SPEED THE PHONE UP (on the same hardware). Exactly the opposite of EVERY update Microsoft has ever rolled out.
That all being said, I am a Linux devotee... (Unix-derived or emulated, MacOS cousin)... Windows Vista did that for me. My grand plan is to buy a Mac for myself once my working years no longer require a Windows shitbox. My kids will grow up using Macs in college. More expensive, but so many young college grads tell me they "got a Mac for high school graduation" and still use it today. Your life should not revolve around servicing your machines, they should serve you.
Can't say that about most Windows boxes.
It does seem to make you angry. I think I can see that what is bothering you is the influence of big business on your life and those about you. That is very common.