You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: Apple: The Trillion Dollar Company

in #news6 years ago (edited)

Well put. If I may just add a few points of my own:

  1. For those interested in the possibility of upgrading their own hardware, Apple isn't the best option, because Apple products are extremely limited in terms of possible hardware upgrades - you need specifically Apple approved motherboards for the Apple OS, which ultimately limits the rest of your choices in hardware.
    Also - Apple devices, specifically laptops and desktop computers are made intentionally difficult to impossible to open and replace hardware - this causes people to replace their entire computer, or come to an Apple-specific tech support for repairs, rather than repairing it themselves or going to another, cheaper tech shop for repairs/replacement of parts.
  2. However: For those who enjoy programming software, Swift is a very useful, very powerful language, therefore many programmers prefer Apple computers for the ability to use Swift, and the fact that Apple products run on Swift.
  3. As a separate point, for those not interested in changing up hardware or software, there are many users who prefer the setup of the Apple OS, something which doesn't run on non-Apple devices. That being said, many users - specifically older users - are used to the Microsoft setup, and find that they gain little to no advantage from the Apple setup.
    In addition, any Microsoft OS can be installed on an Apple device (as long as it's paid for), despite the fact that very few non tech-savvy users utilize this option.

These are all points I've run across on my own, seeing as I plan on building a computer of my own (non-Apple, for obvious reasons), and I'm interested in learning and using a few programming languages. I thought you might appreciate the info.

Sort:  

All great points. Thanks for contributing to the post.

I'm a fan of the ecosystem and ease of use when syncing all of the Apple products together. With that being said I completely understand why more tech savvy computer users prefer to build their own PC. I'm sure you will have one hell of a machine once you are done with it.

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.20
TRX 0.12
JST 0.029
BTC 60870.17
ETH 3385.85
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.57