I am down to just an iMac, iPad mini and and iPod, my wife still has an iPhone but I gave up my iPhone a couple months ago and went to an andriod phone. More recenlty my macbook took a dump and I replaced it with a Chromebook. I am over my love affair with Apple and now I just consider what tech products make the most sense for me.
How many of us are 'Mac people'?
- Thread starter wow
- Start date
NYC Tiny Shop
Member
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2013
- Messages
- 929
Mac Pro Desktop, 2 - iPad mini retina displays, Airport Express. Although we also have 4 Windows laptops and Blackberry's, if I have my way, it will be all Apple in the future.
GPowers
Member
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2010
- Messages
- 2,326
Still have feet in both camps, but PC is declining and Apple is growing. Years ago I worked on an Apple Lisa.
2012 Intel Min Mac
2005 PowerPC Min Mac
Apple ][c
Apple ][e
Apple Macintosh
Airport Extreme 5th generation
Airport Express 2nd generation x2
Airport express 1st generation x4
iPhone 3s x2
iPhone 5
iPhone 5s
Shuffle 4th generation
iPod 5th generation
IPad first generation
Apple TV 3rd Generation
Plus all the PC/Windows stuff
2012 Intel Min Mac
2005 PowerPC Min Mac
Apple ][c
Apple ][e
Apple Macintosh
Airport Extreme 5th generation
Airport Express 2nd generation x2
Airport express 1st generation x4
iPhone 3s x2
iPhone 5
iPhone 5s
Shuffle 4th generation
iPod 5th generation
IPad first generation
Apple TV 3rd Generation
Plus all the PC/Windows stuff
jmbfestool said:
I can see some good and bad points with Apple.
OSX great mac-mini and MBA seem to "just work" so much better than the MS based equivalents.
The IOS range a struggle with - I have derelict iPad 1 also, frankly my Samsung Galaxy 7.7 does everything at least as well as met wife's newer iPad mini. and yes taking the OSX range through with a strong upgrade policy makes a difference.
The integration issue for me is overstated although I am extremely pleased with the AppleTV.
The use of VMware is a very strong positive.
but I can certainly see the quality of design similarities between Festool & Apple, and I think they are going to face similar challenges.
In some areas - both quality and integration count - but
a) there are many items that are utility oriented or that integration is doesn't buy me anything.
b) if ypou are selling quality you need to remember that poor quality matters even more (I was also pretty underwhelmed with the PS400 and the lack of upgrade to the PS420 - I will think very carefully before sticking with Festool for jigsaws...)
Jesse Cloud
Member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2007
- Messages
- 1,746
Strangely enough, my first contact with Apple was back in the early eighties when the finance types were getting Apple II's to run a new thing called spreadsheets using visicalc. A crowd would gather round and raise a chorus of oohs and aahs like someone was showing off a new baby.
PaulMarcel
Member
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2008
- Messages
- 1,973
Jesse Cloud said:
VisiCalc was a big deal back then; a bit of an enabler to get those early boxes into offices. WordStar on CP/M machines was also in a lot of offices.
Guess I have to fess up to pre-ordering an Apple IIe; it was good, but a CP/M card made it much better. From there, an IBM clone. Then a pre-ordered Mac II. Used that one to death. Then a Quadra-950 and Powerbook 100. Then on to Windows. Now on iMac 27.
Learned a lot from every one of those machines.
I have an iPad 3 and iPad Mini since my day-job is writing hiking/trip-planning apps for iPad. I like the form-factor of the iPad Mini over the big one. Overall I'm not that excited about iPads. Fortunately we have customers who are.
My next machine? Definitely a Surface 2 Pro. Also getting one of those for my mom to replace her aging laptop.
Like the cool kids, I have an iPhone; even cooler: work supplies it cuz a large body of my code is re-used by the iPhone guy. Actually, strike that, the cool kids these days have anything but an iPhone cuz the older "kids" have them now.
I was surprised that my hockey team, mostly college kids, have a big mix of phones. Everybody is "eh, it's a blahblah". Three guys who are super excited about their phone have Windows phones. Same gestures as Android, multi-tasking, live tiles, multiple apps on screen, way faster than a Dalvic JVM (noticeably faster than an iPhone).Amateur Hour
Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2014
- Messages
- 2
I am probably unusual in that I am a former Mac person. Went through a bunch of mac laptops and still have a hackintosh partition on my desktop that I haven't loaded in a long time.
If I used an iphone I would probably still be using macs, but I much prefer Android which reduces my need/desire for Mac machines.
That being said, I deal with a lot of large residential wireless networks in my profession and nothing beats Apple's networking equipment when it comes to multiple WAP situations. No other solution has proved as easy to setup and stable overtime. I also happily recommend Apple products to my clients due to ease of integration and use.
I don't own a tablet anymore, but if there were an Android tablet in the iPad mini form factor I would buy it in a heartbeat. Best form factor of any tablet in my opinion.
If I used an iphone I would probably still be using macs, but I much prefer Android which reduces my need/desire for Mac machines.
That being said, I deal with a lot of large residential wireless networks in my profession and nothing beats Apple's networking equipment when it comes to multiple WAP situations. No other solution has proved as easy to setup and stable overtime. I also happily recommend Apple products to my clients due to ease of integration and use.
I don't own a tablet anymore, but if there were an Android tablet in the iPad mini form factor I would buy it in a heartbeat. Best form factor of any tablet in my opinion.
Anejo
Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2014
- Messages
- 10
I'm both a mac and pc guy.
Macbook pro for photoshop use. The colors calibration on mac's are very true.
Ipad for simple cad work while at a client house
iphone 5s (with a sh_t load of useless apps)
PC laptop for autocad, and autodesk 3d studio max and color rendering
Macbook pro for photoshop use. The colors calibration on mac's are very true.
Ipad for simple cad work while at a client house
iphone 5s (with a sh_t load of useless apps)
PC laptop for autocad, and autodesk 3d studio max and color rendering
Colonel Panic
Member
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2013
- Messages
- 93
How many? All the smart forum users. ;D
27" iMac
MacPro with 30" Cinema Display
17" Mac Book Pro
13" Mac Book Air
Gen 3 iPad
iPad Mini with Retina Display.
3 Mac Minis
27" iMac
MacPro with 30" Cinema Display
17" Mac Book Pro
13" Mac Book Air
Gen 3 iPad
iPad Mini with Retina Display.
3 Mac Minis
Nuthin' but Mac since they went OS X (a REAL operating system under the covers).
As a software professional who works from home, I do all my development on Mac, makes it easy to run *nix software local for testing, etc.
Also great for occasional needs to work from the local Starbucks.
My setup:
Macbook Pro 13" (loaded memory and SDD)
27" apple monitor
wireless keyboard
wireless trackpad
iphone 5s
Anything more is just clutter:
[attachimg=#]
As a software professional who works from home, I do all my development on Mac, makes it easy to run *nix software local for testing, etc.
Also great for occasional needs to work from the local Starbucks.
My setup:
Macbook Pro 13" (loaded memory and SDD)
27" apple monitor
wireless keyboard
wireless trackpad
iphone 5s
Anything more is just clutter:
[attachimg=#]
Attachments
jimmylittle
Member
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2013
- Messages
- 114
Played Oregon Trail on an Apple ][ back in elementary school. Had a Mac 128 in the mid 80's.
Then, left for home-built PCs for a while, until the Titanium 12" PowerBook G4 in 2005. Been back in Mac world since. Two PowerBooks, three MacBook Pros, two iMacs, an iPod, two iPod nanos, two MacBook Airs, a Retina MacBook Pro, 4 iPads, 2 iPad minis, and 7 iPhones later I'm happy as a clam.
Then, left for home-built PCs for a while, until the Titanium 12" PowerBook G4 in 2005. Been back in Mac world since. Two PowerBooks, three MacBook Pros, two iMacs, an iPod, two iPod nanos, two MacBook Airs, a Retina MacBook Pro, 4 iPads, 2 iPad minis, and 7 iPhones later I'm happy as a clam.
The first MAC MINI from 2005 which has never had a problem. Then I got a 24 inch IMAC after my boss got the 20 inches. Also no problems from a 2007 era machine. Then in 2010 I got a newer MAC MINI which still had the drive in it. Again no problems. See a trend here? I have two APPLE TVS the old hard drive based unit and a newer streaming unit. Three IPODS for the heck of it. Airport Extreme and a TIME CAPSULE. Two Airport Expresses. Wireless keyboard and a trackpad that is easy to use. Magic mouse. A 20 inch cinema monitor. Am I an APPLE or MAC person. Perhaps!
I had an Apple IIe in 1980, then a Mac Plus, a Mac IIcx (maybe my favorite computer ever) and then a Blue and White. The Mac II family was really light years ahead of the PC world. I used the IIcx for many years.
The replacement, a Blue and White caused me to swear off Macs. I had a lot of trouble with emulation and instability, and the poor availability of software and few compatible peripherals for what was an expensive machine caused me to give up. I remember that to upgrade the RAM on that machine you had to take the motherboard out of the case and plug the SIMMS into the back of the motherboard. Towards the end I had an early version of OS X. It was pig slow and unstable as all get out compared to Linux running on a PC of that time.
Since then I've used either Linux or Windows. Once in a while I stop by at the Apple store to see what they have. They haven't been able to overcome my bad memories of the Blue and White yet. Monkeyshines like the pentalobe screws really don't help.
The replacement, a Blue and White caused me to swear off Macs. I had a lot of trouble with emulation and instability, and the poor availability of software and few compatible peripherals for what was an expensive machine caused me to give up. I remember that to upgrade the RAM on that machine you had to take the motherboard out of the case and plug the SIMMS into the back of the motherboard. Towards the end I had an early version of OS X. It was pig slow and unstable as all get out compared to Linux running on a PC of that time.
Since then I've used either Linux or Windows. Once in a while I stop by at the Apple store to see what they have. They haven't been able to overcome my bad memories of the Blue and White yet. Monkeyshines like the pentalobe screws really don't help.
Apple's hardware is still superior to just about anything running Windoze, though for a long time it has been the software that has made that hardware worth buying.
Unfortunately, Apple has taken some big steps backwards since they lost Steve Jobs - I was recently more or less forced to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.9 and have had to switch mail software (from the OS X mail app to Thunderbird) because of trouble getting the newer mail software to behave...
Now I recently discovered that my Pages documents are "too old" to be opened... I would need an intermediate version of Pages to be able to open my older Pages documents in the new one; rather than trying to fight with that, I am switching back to Mellel - I trust it more right now.
I still think that Mac as a platform is superior to anything coming out of M$, but some of Apple's software (bundled or otherwise) has really started falling short.
iOS was rather nice for what it was until they started monkeying with things post-Steve Jobs. Becoming less trustworthy.
The biggest issue I have though is that they are trying to make the Mac look more like iOS, and it doesn't fit the larger platform any better than the "big system" OSes with the windowed GUIs fit on small mobile devices.
I miss having arrows on the ends of my scroll bars :'(
Unfortunately, Apple has taken some big steps backwards since they lost Steve Jobs - I was recently more or less forced to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.9 and have had to switch mail software (from the OS X mail app to Thunderbird) because of trouble getting the newer mail software to behave...
Now I recently discovered that my Pages documents are "too old" to be opened... I would need an intermediate version of Pages to be able to open my older Pages documents in the new one; rather than trying to fight with that, I am switching back to Mellel - I trust it more right now.
I still think that Mac as a platform is superior to anything coming out of M$, but some of Apple's software (bundled or otherwise) has really started falling short.
iOS was rather nice for what it was until they started monkeying with things post-Steve Jobs. Becoming less trustworthy.
The biggest issue I have though is that they are trying to make the Mac look more like iOS, and it doesn't fit the larger platform any better than the "big system" OSes with the windowed GUIs fit on small mobile devices.
I miss having arrows on the ends of my scroll bars :'(
jimmylittle
Member
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2013
- Messages
- 114
I have an old iPad 1 as well, but the lack of software updates don't bother me. It's still chugging along on iOS 5, and it's just mounted to a kitchen cabinet to look up recipes and control the lights. The original iPad only had 256mb of RAM, so if iOS7 would even load, it would be unbearably slow.
While these toys are expensive and proprietary (which will be familiar to all of us in the Festool universe), they do last a long time. I consider my iPad one like a classic Systainer. They look a little different and are a bit harder to operate, but they still can fit in with the system if you're willing to deal with it.
While these toys are expensive and proprietary (which will be familiar to all of us in the Festool universe), they do last a long time. I consider my iPad one like a classic Systainer. They look a little different and are a bit harder to operate, but they still can fit in with the system if you're willing to deal with it.
Acrobat
Member
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2008
- Messages
- 471
Macs for me, tried PC's years ago and not being a techy guy found Macs so much easier to operate and they seem to talk to one another so well.I got tired of hardware not matching software issues all the time.
I use PC's and Macs at work (Printing Co.) and so the Macs are for creative work with the pcs's simply for storing and servers. Mac time machine also.
At home, a mac laptop old powerbook 17" that definitely needs upgrading, but still I use it for a lot of things.
AppleTv which is good but in NZ we simply do not get all the options available that the US does, a mini mac running Plex for the main lounge showing my movie/tv shows collections and my main computer for all things I need. I love plex, such a great program.
And also a couple of mac iPods for some other entertainment and music on the run.
I use PC's and Macs at work (Printing Co.) and so the Macs are for creative work with the pcs's simply for storing and servers. Mac time machine also.
At home, a mac laptop old powerbook 17" that definitely needs upgrading, but still I use it for a lot of things.
AppleTv which is good but in NZ we simply do not get all the options available that the US does, a mini mac running Plex for the main lounge showing my movie/tv shows collections and my main computer for all things I need. I love plex, such a great program.
And also a couple of mac iPods for some other entertainment and music on the run.
