| Raistline said:
For Phones, you can get top of the line looks and performance on the cheap as well. Look at Motorola devices or OnePlus devices. They look awesome and often outperform the comparable Apple product and have better reliability. I worked for a massive company where, due to whining, gave in and started deploying Apple tablets and phones. The amount of device failures due to bad manufacturing was astounding. Even Blackberry had a better track record. We ended out having to purchase AppleCare on every device because more than 1/3rd of all devices failed, not including drops, within 1 year. Apple devices are just popular, but from my experience and knowledge of other available products, they are simply overpriced garbage. I will agree that Apple Phones and Tablets are very good at being a phone for people who don't know how to use technology. Apple has mastered the art of dumbing down technology. The cost of this is making advanced use and configuration nearly impossible without "jailbreaking." |
I'm honestly surprised by this. All the apple producs I own have outlasted anything comparable from other companies I've owned.
I've had my macbook pro for five years now and it is honestly the most stable running reliable computer I've ever owned. Only problem I've ever had with it was a failing harddrive warning, wich is something that can happen to any portable device with an hdd. (I'm a bit of a Hdd killer I think, every single portable one I've owned failed within a year or two, so the macbooks 2,5 years weren't that bad. :P) Swapped in a ssd and it's been working like a charm ever since.
No system freezes and not a single hard crash ever. Back when I build my own systems the blue screen was a daily visitor.
My Ipod nanos clickwheel failed after nearly seven years of use, so while a was a bit bummed out, I don't think that's a bad rate either.
But I guess I was lucky then.
The places where Apple rips you off pricewise are usually storage and ram, things that used to be freely upgradable after purchase without voiding guarantee, at least in their pro lineups. I'm not impressed with the apple watch, the ne macbook or the proprietary custom pcie flash storage in their macbook pros. In fact I'm not impressed with the way the whole macbooc pro line seems to be going down the macbook line, sacrificing usability and ports for thinness. Yet the sheer comfort of use and stability of Apple producs plus their integrated eco system would make it very hard for me to swap away again.
Apple producs are not just some product for housewifes with zero tech knowledge, but they are very comfortable to use. (In fact, having tried out ubuntu I very much disagree with you on its ease of use compared to OSX)
