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>> Mac laptop, Windows tablet, Android phone. My digital ecosystem is confused. Is it though? I know a lot of pundits like to use the phrase "Post-PC", but I t

>> Mac laptop, Windows tablet, Android phone. My digital ecosystem is confused. Is it though? I know a lot of pundits like to use the phrase "Post-PC", but I think of it more like "Post-OS". I am in the exact same boat as you, except that I have a Nexus 7 in addition to my Surface Pro. Contrast that to 2010, when iOS was much more compelling at the tablet and phone level. Android, Windows Phone and Windows have pretty much caught up, and I love how all this competition has created consumer choice. I can pick the device that best suits my use case for computing, tablet and phone. In 2010, I was all-in on OSX, iPad and iPhone. Today, just like you, I'm using three OSes. Moving data between the devices is painless. In my mind, there's really no need to go all in with a single company's ecosystem any more.

eropple 13y ago
I have a Nexus 7 and a Nexus 10, too. :-P I just don't carry them around all the time. If I keep the Surface Pro, I think that'll take their place - it's not great for reading but I do most of that on my rMBP anyway.
sliverstorm 13y ago
OS matters way way less than it used to (Think of the bad old days, where Macs couldn't read Windows floppies), but it can still be a pain. For example, Google Music integrates best with Android. Microsoft OneDrive is most slick on Windows. iTunes runs like crap on anything other than OSX. You can get away with any hodgepodge mix these days if you want, but it's still more convenient to match.
- slantyyz 13y ago
  >> iTunes runs like crap on anything other than OSX. I know a lot of Mac users who would beg to differ. I use Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive across all my devices, and I don't have many complaints at all. YMMV, of course. My use case is probably much simpler than yours.
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    Every time I try to overlap different sync tools, I get conflicts and wind up either losing all my data or having twenty copies of all my data. Also, of course iTunes isn't greased lightning & a buttered dream on OSX, it's just "less awful", or so I hear.
    - jmspring 13y ago
      It is still quite awful, especially if you have a large media collection. That said, one benefit to a mostly homogenous ecosystem around apple devices, at least for me, airplay and streaming media across devices with less work (I get lazy about home it issues)

eropple 13y ago

I have a Nexus 7 and a Nexus 10, too. :-P I just don't carry them around all the time. If I keep the Surface Pro, I think that'll take their place - it's not great for reading but I do most of that on my rMBP anyway.

sliverstorm 13y ago

OS matters way way less than it used to (Think of the bad old days, where Macs couldn't read Windows floppies), but it can still be a pain. For example, Google Music integrates best with Android. Microsoft OneDrive is most slick on Windows. iTunes runs like crap on anything other than OSX. You can get away with any hodgepodge mix these days if you want, but it's still more convenient to match.

slantyyz 13y ago
>> iTunes runs like crap on anything other than OSX. I know a lot of Mac users who would beg to differ. I use Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive across all my devices, and I don't have many complaints at all. YMMV, of course. My use case is probably much simpler than yours.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  Every time I try to overlap different sync tools, I get conflicts and wind up either losing all my data or having twenty copies of all my data. Also, of course iTunes isn't greased lightning & a buttered dream on OSX, it's just "less awful", or so I hear.
  - jmspring 13y ago
    It is still quite awful, especially if you have a large media collection. That said, one benefit to a mostly homogenous ecosystem around apple devices, at least for me, airplay and streaming media across devices with less work (I get lazy about home it issues)