Comments on: Why I Don’t Buy Apple Products

By: Adam's Myth

Adam's Myth — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:35:59 +0000

@David Mac critics accurately describe the Apple of a decade ago. This view is right, but out of date. Macs really did suck pre-OSX. But things have changed.

Today, Mac is only expensive if you place no value on your own time. In my direct experience on both platforms, Windows consumes dozens of hours a year in extra downtime (updates, reboots, viruses, defrags, device driver debugs, and so on). This translates into a Windows tax of several hundred dollars a year. (I’m a Windows network admin, so this is not fanboy stuff, but just direct observation.)

But you’re right on everything else: keep your devices forever, and Apple is plagued by fanboys. :-)

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:28:15 +0000

Apple computers aren’t bad computers they are just not worth the price. You can get a PC that does everything a mac book pro does for sometimes a third of the price so why pay the apple tax just to say you bought an Apple.

But the thing that cracks me up the most about apple fans is how they have to justify their purchase to anyone that will listen. It is almost as if they are trying to convince themselves that they didn’t just over pay for an electronic device. One last thing no matter how cool it is today it will eventually end up in a landfill. Keep your devices as long as you can.

By: oleg

oleg — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:01:07 +0000

I hate macs my self because its overpriced for less performance then PC. Macs will never have HDMI support with 1080p and no blue ray player people that use the most this days. I my self have tons of blue rays collection mac is a bad choice for me. I better stick with a PC they are more customizable and super fast i never had problems with if you know how take care of them.

By: Narayan

Narayan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:44:22 +0000

Apple is expensive not necessarily more reliable.I had to return first Macbook pro within one week as the screen was freezing 100s of times in one day and had to reboot every few minutes.The next it was 18 month and airport card stopped working,Store wanted me to pay more than 100 dollars and wait few days.
I have several PC laptops and also desktops which are cheaper and most have not required big fix.I think this would be my last MAC.I sill have few iphones and Ipods though.

By: If the iPod Is Marketed to Everyone, Does that Include you? | iPod Market

If the iPod Is Marketed to Everyone, Does that Include you? | iPod Market — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:19:53 +0000

[...] for some people, like "life outside the box" blogger Tynan, this is exactly the problem. Apple does a good job of making products that can be enjoyed across [...]

By: Paladin

Paladin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:21:31 +0000

I switched to macbook about 2 years ago and I have never looked back. As someone involved in a myriad if different style projects – music production/video editing/ tons of online projects I finally bit the bullet.

Mac totally meets my needs and crashes so much less than all my pcs did.

I feel you on the iphone though. I have a blackberry and I love that it’s got a real keypad. I am moving back to the states in 2 weeks so I may check out that htc.

By: Jonny | thelifething.com

Jonny | thelifething.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:22:56 +0000

Lol, even why not like Apple is still written about, what a company.

I am a fairly recent convert to Apple product and have to say that since moving over I cannot go back. I have a 13 inch mac book pro and touch and they, along with my dslr and watch ase the only things I own of value.

Also, Apple are actually not that innovative a company. They tend to let othesr drive innovation then copy the technology and put a sexy candy shell around it.

By: NomadicNeil

NomadicNeil — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:35:58 +0000

I agree Tynan. This is why I don’t have an iPod. I’m a musician and therefore there are certain things I like to have on my music player, A-B Record, built in microphone, the ability to slow a song down but to keep it in the correct pitch. The iPod has none of those features.

By: Polprav

Polprav — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:07:11 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post “No teme” in your blog with the link to you?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:05:30 +0000

Tynan,

I don’t agree with much here other than your point regarding the track pad in Photoshop. But then, an expert with Photoshop would be using a stylus.

I find it ironic that you would point out that Apple aims at the mainstream and thus imply that Microsoft does not. Why haven’t you built your own laptop and loaded it with Linux? Then you’d be counter-culture AND have functionality! Having switched to Apple with OS9 over 9 years ago, I find Microsoft’s OS infuriating. Apple OS9 is still better than XP.

Apple does push other companies forward in their efforts to compete. One only has to wait several years in order to get something approaching the same level of functionality. The downside is that one has to pay for it upfront. My 5 year old G4 Powerbook still wins over an XP PC.

One last blah blah blah. I’m checking out Launchy on my PC at work. At first glance, I wish it were as easy as OSX’s built-in short cuts:(

You’re a smart guy, T–I wish you’d given me more reasons not to be outraged that the status quo, as with so many things, prefers a vastly inferior option.