What made you choose Apple?
My family’s home computer was a MacMini (running Mavericks). As a high schooler at the time, I loved the simplicity of navigation and creation. My first smartphone was an iPhone 5s.
I stuck with them for my undergrad because I didn’t know otherwise. Windows felt like a downgrade at the time and gnu+linux or bsd were not on my radar.
I loved the hardware. I loved the integration between my mac and my phone. I learned to use the command line and make my mac incredibly powerful and fast. Its the hardware and software I used throughout my undergraduate and graduate programs and I continue to use it in my career in the museum field.
I now hop back and forth between macOS and FreeBSD, but it’s all on Apple hardware.
Because they’re not Google.
My first smartphone was an early LG Optimus. Don’t remember the exact model, but it was a horrible experience. When it was time to justify an upgrade, I tried an iPhone (4S I think.) It did what I need in a phone and more, and it was smooth, responsive, and reliable, unlike the LG.
Since then I’ve only used iPhones, and also an Apple TV, some HomePods, AirPods Pro, watches, and my wife uses a MacBook.
My desktop will always be Windows, but I’m increasingly tempted to try Linux. I mean, I’ll never use a Mac. It doesn’t do what I need. The other Apple devices do exactly what I need and they do it well. They’re generally a pleasure to use with only a few quirks here and there - probably no more or less than modern Android devices, maybe? I wouldn’t know. I just haven’t felt the need to switch back to Android, since everything works fine. I upgrade my phone every 4-5 years.
So I guess it’s all due to a bad first impression, thanks to LG hardware.
You should try a Mac. You’ll be surprised at how good it is.
That really depends on the person, I think. I last used mac in like 2003 until last year with my new job. I hate almost everything about it. Nothing works the way I expect it to. I love clicking on an app in the dock just to have it… not show up? It gains focus and, wherever it is, will have input if I’m typing. Same with command+tab sometimes. I also can’t switch between fullscreen windows of the same app without installing something, apparently (my coworker who uses mac at home couldn’t figure it out either). It has slowed me down and made me less productive. Work won’t let us have linux laptops for whatever reason which, as a developer, would be so much nicer.
If work let’s you run VM’s you could run Linux in a VM on your pc
I had some success with this, but ran into some issues as well that also made it annoying. The first laptop the gave me died and I lost all that progress and haven’t tried again since.
Sounds like they are giving you crap hardware. Also, the IT guy should set up the VM and make sure it works.
Also, as a dev you should INSIST that you MUST HAVE Linux available as well. You are the dev, you know what tools you need, it’s not up to the IT guy to decide what software you need
I say this as an IT Tech/Admin who was responsible for running all the IT at my company offices. I had about 350 users/PCs to administer plus servers, printers, telephone system, door entry system, switches, WiFi system etc…
If a new guy started they told me what software he would run and what spec was needed and I’d get the right pc for the job and deploy the software needed. Not tell them what to use.
I have an m3 now (I had an m1. I later found out about 3 other laptops had issues around the same time so I actually suspect something weird in remote management, but I don’t know mac well enough to assert that more). They decided that since I technically, however frustratingly and measurably more slowly, can do my work, it’s not worth the “security risk”. I still bring it up at basically every opportunity and I’m not the only one. I live in a very remote area of Japan and remote jobs are hard to come by, so, at the same time, I’m not making too much noise.
Historically much better for pro audio. (Less so now).
It’s more that I dislike everything else more for the most part.
I grew up with an Apple IIgs as the family PC (in the 90s; we were poor). Then my family got a free Performa PPC through a program my mom was doing in ‘97. The computer after that was a Windows PC and I never liked it as much.
So when the time came to buy my own computer I went back to a Mac and haven’t regretted it.
I like the fact that they support devices with software updates longer than their competitors.
My last phone was a Pixel 2XL, which I loved, but it stopped getting security updates after just 2 years. I know Goggle has pledged to support devices longer, but I can’t trust them to actually follow through.
I always went with Android growing up but went with Apple once I was on my own phone plan. This decision was based around getting the most software support for the cost. I found that I could buy a refurbished iphone 13 mini for roughly 300$ and still have 5 years of security updates after they stop selling the 13. That longevity for the price is hard to get with android.
Its been a few months, and honestly I’m not a fan of the UI or apple’s way of doing things, but it’s a functional phone.
On the Mac, I can run MacOS, BSD Unix, and via VMware, Windows and Ubuntu.
On phone/tablet, I can build an app that works on every mobile device of that class shipped in the last 6 years.
On Windows and Android, I have to test apps across a massive combination of features, and even then, there are some with strange configurations that will break the app.
I never really liked them growing up, but in recent years there have been some really good varieties popping up. Cosmic Crisp, Sugarbee, Kanzi.
Privacy, security, reliability, creative focused design, powerful hardware and software, great customer support, ease of use from GUI to Terminal (zsh and bash)
I like that I am their primary customer rather than advertisers as with Google.
I like that their desktop OS is a Unix variant unlike Microsoft’s (although this matters to me less and less over time).
this is beautiful
EDIT: this was beautiful
Go back to the Linux circle jerk that is the rest of Lemmy.
I LOVE APPLE
U mad?
2 minute old post with no replies, truly unheard of on Lemmy.
What got me was they ruined their own post, and then had to edit it because they were surprised they ruined their own post?
You don’t need to choose. It’s just a matter of the right tool for the job. I use a Mac for all of my work stuff because it’s so effortless and easy. I use a PC for gaming on and I use Linux for my servers.
Doesn’t need to be one or the other, pick your job and pick the tool that lets you get the job done the most efficiently or easiest.
Integration with their other products. And I’m too old to enjoy fiddling with stuff anymore.
The first time I copied something on my phone and then seamlessly pasted it on my laptop, I was pretty blown away. The integration is a major perk.
But try copying from Apple to Windows
Why would I
If you already have a Windows PC and you buy an apple product.
It was a nightmare getting music on and off an iPod using windows.
It put me right off Apple.
Does android have this copy paste function on windows? (Never owned a android phone, serious question)
On android I can connect via USB and just drag the music onto the device.
I couldn’t do this when I had an iPod. I had to go through iTunes and that had to sync before I could do anything.
See that’s not what we’re talking about here. what’s cool in the apple ecosystem is I can copy something on my iPhone to the clipboard and then press cmd-v on my Mac to paste it (Or visa versa). It’s these little continuity things in the ecosystem apple haters don’t even know about I think. Another example, if I place my iPad next to my Mac I can push my mouse cursor of the screen onto the iPad, grab a file, drag it back to my Mac. Wirelessly.
I always found it really easy with iTunes
…I still find it easy with iTunes as I’m still using my iPod 18 years later
ITunes on a mac I presume.
ITunes on a PC didn’t work well over networks.
Nope, on a PC.
Never tried it over a network though, I’ve always just plugged it in to the computer where the music collection is.
Can you copy and paste from Android to Windows? How about Android to ChromeOS?
Can you copy and paste from Android to Windows?
Yes. Plugged in as MTP has never given me a problem transferring mp3s. No need to rebuild databases. Just drag and drop.
How about Android to ChromeOS?
Never tried.
CaptainEffort and I were referring to the standard copy and paste feature on all OSs, but copying on one device and wirelessly pasting it on another. It’s a very convenient piece of continuity.
Although, what you’re talking about has worked since the release of the Files app in iOS 11, seven years ago. When you connect an iPhone to Windows, it appears as a drive now. You can drag and drop any files once you authenticate.
Yes. My experience was many years ago, but it was annoying enough to put me off trying to integrate Apple with other ecosystems.
You’re misunderstanding them… They’re talking about clipboard sharing between iPhone and Mac. You select some text on your phone, copy it and then you can paste that text on your Mac.
They’re not talking about copying and pasting files.
It even feels more like magic if you use the three-finger pinch to copy and paste.
