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Lack of competition in the Apple ecosystem, plain and simple. I think people know this before making the jump. Or they work for a company that forces them int
by bnolsen 7y ago
Lack of competition in the Apple ecosystem, plain and simple. I think people know this before making the jump. Or they work for a company that forces them into choosing between a windows or osx laptop. I'm in this crowd and I have no love for either. I despise apple hardware but hate windows itself far more.
Most people are best served with a good chromebook. That crowd won't be the ones frequenting this type website.
- RandomBacon 7y agoYou're spot on, I'm sorry that you're being downvoted. Apple Inc has a monopoly on regular users' hardware for their iOS/OS. Windows, Linux, Android, Windows Phone OS (when that was a thing), did not. Companies were able to try and provide the best hardware in order to win customers. Apple doesn't have provide the best hardware, regular users only have one hardware provider to choose from if they want Apple's iOS/OS. (The average regular user is not going to make a Hackintosh.)
- TuringNYC 7y agoHow much of an ecosystem is there between Apple on the desktop vs mobile? I have an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods and there is definitely a strong ecosystem there. However, I ditched the MacBook (due to keyboard issues) and went with a ThinkPad and have been very happy. The ThinkPad has iTunes, so I dont lose my music. I supposed there is iCloud integration, but that seems like a small reason to remain on Apple desktops. Side note: Other benefits of ThinkPad - 64GB RAM! Can run multiple VMs easily - NVIDIA GPU for those who do CUDA work.