I'm right there with you. Can't stand the way the way they do business.Not a single one. I refuse to own apple products.
That's funny I'm the opposite: I don't run Linux because I'm too savvy for that sort of thing.
After 2 years of doing this, I realized something: I spent more time working ON my Windows box and more time working WITH my Mac. The Mac required less maintenance, less screwing around, and less mindshare about how the system worked so that I could focus more of my attention on my actual work.
After 2 years of doing this, I realized something: I spent more time working ON my Windows box and more time working WITH my Mac. The Mac required less maintenance, less screwing around, and less mindshare about how the system worked so that I could focus more of my attention on my actual work.
Right back atcha. I won't claim that it's the best solution for everyone. I thought it was a straitjacket myself for the 2 years I was getting to know it. I have friends who are compulsive tinkerers (I used to be one as well), and the Apple platform is certainly designed to discourage tinkering. But if tinkering falls off your list of "fun ways to spend a Saturday while the wife *****es at you in the background", I think Apple tends to rise to the top as a choice.You, sir, have written the perfect pro-Apple post. While I would rather not use a computer than be forced to use an Apple laptop/desktop, I have absolutely no rebuttal to your argument. You've have highlighted exactly what makes Apple products desirable. Repped.
Well, as a matter of course, you should never buy anything from Best Buy. They're terrible.Just don't buy an apple computer from Best Buy. I had mine 2 days and when I installed my printers neither one would work. I used the 6 months "free" Geek Squad I recvd when I bought mine and after 2 hours with a specialist on the phone, they ended up charging me $100 to install them.
Seems when I used the printers install disk it overrote the printer drivers that were pre-installed on the macbook and screwed everything up. He told me never to use install disks again and if the driver isn't listed, then download the lastest version and use that one.
I have a flatbed scanner that I need but I'm scared to death to plug it into the mac for fear of screwing something up again. Are all Macs this finicky with hardware.
Generally speaking, no. Macs are set up so that you should never need an install disk of any sort. The idea is that you plug it in and "it just works". Printers generally do.Just don't buy an apple computer from Best Buy. I had mine 2 days and when I installed my printers neither one would work. I used the 6 months "free" Geek Squad I recvd when I bought mine and after 2 hours with a specialist on the phone, they ended up charging me $100 to install them.
Seems when I used the printers install disk it overrote the printer drivers that were pre-installed on the macbook and screwed everything up. He told me never to use install disks again and if the driver isn't listed, then download the lastest version and use that one.
I have a flatbed scanner that I need but I'm scared to death to plug it into the mac for fear of screwing something up again. Are all Macs this finicky with hardware.