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2015-12-05, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Chinney View Post
...I do think that for most other devices, Apple remains the best option.
The sad part is that as Apple drops or dumbs down products (mostly software), that has made Apple hardware great to use, I feel that this is less true all the time. I honestly cannot think of a single piece of software that I use today that is exclusively available for Mac OSX. When I used Aperture, and older versions of iMovie even, I would never have thought about leaving Mac OS (I liked those apps that much!), but with the loss and dumbing down of software there is little to nothing keeping me back.

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Some might gripe about Apple software, and sometimes hardware, but are there better options out there that actually meet your needs?
In some cases yes. In the future, unless Apple changes it's course hardware wise, my next desktop most likely will be a Windows box. Not because I like Windows better, I just don't happen to think it's any worse than modern OSX. The days of Windows 98/XP are far behind us, and it's really not as bad as it once was. I can also get the hardware I want/need without having to get a ridiculously overpriced workstation, aka a Mac Pro, or be stuck with an AIO (not that iMac screens are bad, but the exact opposite, a great usable monitor potentially stuck on an old machine). For now I'm just upgrading my iMac (SSD), and that will likely add another year or two of usability, but in the long run I just don't see buying a Mac as a good value for serious computing. The Apple computer I love for light computing and streaming to my media centre, the Mac Mini, is treated like an ugly step child, so even that is less appealing in the future as well.
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