| I really feel conflicted with the recent hype Apple is getting. On one hand, I'm really happy that we are doing such an improvements in terms of performance. Competition is always good, no matter what. But on the other, I had such a terrible experience with all the Macs that I had to work with in the last two years that I'm no longer recommending Macs to anyone. So much so that the illustrated performance gains are simply irrelevant. To give you a little bit context. I really liked Apple. I'm a product designer, and I was able to ride the wave of mobile app designs with the first release of the app store. It practically shaped my career. So I'm forever thankful for that and was always happy with them. I've always recommended them wherever I go, because they just worked. But recently... I spent about 6-7k worth of Macs for myself and my family (in past two years). Companies I was working with provided Macs worth 8k alone (two high end devices). And all of these had all kinds of different issues like: - USB-C monitor working on 2 devices but not the others (Mac Minis). - Bluetooth connection dropping at least twice a day (for around 30 sec, especially annoying during zoom meetings) - Software issues like mac client popping every bloody hour. Disrupting either my workflow or my screen sharing. - Overheating issues (and slowness) with my Macbook Pro 16", because I'm charging it from the wrong side. - Trackpad stopping working for a couple of seconds from time to time, making me question my sanity. - Mac Minis refusing to wake up the monitor from time to time. - Macbooks sometimes freezing when being woken up. And the list goes on ... and some of these devices were returned and exchanged a couple of times to no effect. And there is no Mac in my family that just works. Not anymore. And it become so annoying that I started selling them and purchasing custom Window stations instead. I'm sorry for the offtopic, but needed to vent. |