I recall however that whenever I had chance to access a Mac owned by others I leapt at it and was ever anything but pleased. I admit to doing this at one period in life because I simply could not afford to buy a Mac of any kind, and would not settle for 'old' tech when I could buy brand new tech from other manufacturers.

A need to tear down what they do not understand due to fear that they have 'backed the wrong horse.' It is easy to dismiss haters as 'just jealous' and the like, however I believe that it goes deeper. By and large however Apple continues to make the best consumer electronics in the world, and continues to execute Job's vision of making tech that makes people's lives better.

Like all human endeavors there have been some colossal missteps. All the money in the world cannot duplicate the process that Apple has built, and the world is truly better for it.Īpple is far from perfect. However they cannot make a Mac, or really anything close. Others take from parts from Mac design, aluminum cases, similar (kind of) keyboards, the 'flattering' homage to MacOS that is Windows 11 UI. Many cannot imagine a PC, much less a laptop that has the kind of build quality combined with truly great OS and interface design built on top of the best core OS ever designed, UNIX. This fact combined with the Reality Distortion Field, generates and excitement and impetus to upgrade even if totally unnecessary.įrom outside the Mac 'club' this excitement seems cult-like or at least silly. The yearly upgrade train for non-Mac users has at its core the hope that next year's model will finally be 'the one that works as advertised.' Where in the Mac ecosystem users are mostly quite happy with their current gear, but Apple makes continuous leaps in either performance, quality of life or in the case of M1 and M2, BOTH. While Apple is a business whose purpose is to make money, somehow the original ethos of creating tech that is amazing today, will 'just work' for years has mostly survived. You will not see ten year old laptops from other manufacturers. Macs are a great target because they are expensive and have the reputation of being 'The Best.' Which truly, is the case.Ī Mac is a decade computer. I think folk that go out of their way to criticize anything do so from fear of having made the wrong decision.

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