Proof? Let me ask you this.. how often does Apple update MacOS? Once a month? Once every 3 months? I in now way glorify windows... There are plenty of issues with Windows.
Yea yea was over exaggerating shit.. the amount of different distros makes it hard to patch. Plus no one uses Linux.
Exactly which one.. there have been a few. I am talking about the flaw that Google got fined for exploiting. It was a known issue for years, and Apple did nothing about it. Or the famous SSL bug.. that shit was hilarious, but dangerous as hell.
Only way I can get a Windows machine to take as long as Apple for a reinstall is if I dig out an old 10 year old machine with an old timer harddrive. I use both as well, and for installation Windows is by far faster on modern hardware... that is my experience. Even the M1 MacBook Air I had to update last week took ages for some reason.
So what? Does not change that their various OS have issues.. The iPad is the best selling.. sure, but since no one actually buys iPads anymore other than 60+ year olds, so not sure how relevant that is anymore. Does Apple even have iPads separate in their earnings report anymore? Plus iPadOS is... buggy and frustrating. But I do love the design of the iPad Pros... just wished that such a powerful machine ran an OS that was not designed for toddler video consumption.
Im retired... So I use it mostly outside or traveling... So yeah, it works fine for my needs..
Even if you are retired, don't you feel the need to have 'nice' things? I am 40, so I still have 25 years of work, and, if I can, I will want to work until I am 75. I also, am kinda screwed, because I bought a condo for much more than what is worth today. Am upset over that.
Lol.. No... But I do have a very good phone, and a very nice Windows 11 PC.. And a pretty good tablet...
Strange. I guess different individuals have different expectations of what they want out of life. I don't believe I will ever retire, with advances in automation, etc, I plan to keep working above 75-if possible. I can't see myself enjoying retirement as I hate downtime now and I am still 'young'.
I thought that too... But after about 4 months of retirement, and not answering to an alarm clock or a boss... I never went back to work... I loved it.. But as u said every one is different..
I own a computer repair shop. What do you do with your laptops? I get plenty that are 5 years or older that might need a new ram chip or a screen or keyboard but they can be fixed for much less than replacing. I get older laptops with a conventional hard drive that can be upgraded to a SSD drive and the machine now boots up in less than half the time and performs much better. A lot of businesses have a model of replacing laptops every four years. For a more casual user they can get those laptops for pennies on the dollar and they are usually in excellent shape.
4 years typically just one. I had real bad luck witha Microsoft ProBook sorry I only got 2 years out of it the battery is swelled up and pushed the screen out and all sorts of stupid stuff. And this of course started being a problem right after the end warranty ended and Microsoft wanted more than what the laptop was worth to fix it. So the one I replaced it with was an HP so far so good.
for a normal dependable laptop, if this is an issue it would only be an issue to battery life not the laptop itself.
No it was a battery is sue it wasn't because I overcharged it I didn't do that. They release gas and when they release gas they puff up because they're sealed.
Same here. I buy very affordable, under 1K laptops and I would think I maybe replace them every 5 to 6 years. Granted, I don't do any gaming or run any demanding apps on my laptop.
This is the best idea. Most chargers these days have automatic turn off when fully charged so as not to over charge the battery. So that fear should be put to bed. The reason why leaving one of these smart devices plugged in reduces battery life it's because after it's fully charged it will lose 1% of the battery and it will start charging again to 100%. And it will do this over and over and over again and those are charging cycles and that takes away from the life of the battery. Sometimes these happen as many as 20 times a minute.
