iPhones just work. Macs just work. 99% of people don’t want to spend time configuring anything.
Both iOS and Android stopped innovating like 5 years ago, but at least the Apple ecosystem doesn’t feel dead like Android.
Both iOS and Android stopped innovating like 5 years ago, but at least the Apple ecosystem doesn’t feel dead like Android.
iPad: Failed after a year, no replacement (we can 'upgrade') - it technically works but shuts down 3 or 4 minutes after boot.
mac Mini: Hard disk failed. Out of warranty, so bought a cheap SSD and gave it to the kids (they prefer something that plays modern games).
iPod: Old, yes, taken out of the drawer for a road trip but dead as a doornail.
Admittedly, not tried an iPhone.
My wife got a Dell first its NVM gave out a year in (never seen that happen) then - you guessed it - she updated Windows and it stopped booting.
That isn't just working. It looks like iPhone users have an extra configuration step when using this particular sim card.
I think it depends on the carrier whether APNs are required. Can be automatically set nowadays with iOS 16 according to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201699
Not anymore. The hardware quality has gone downhill hard.
My powerbook from 2004 still works fine (kind of too slow, so I don't use it, but works fine).
In my powerbook from 2021 the entire right side of ports died less than a year into it.
Bought a macbook air in late 2022, one of the usbc ports died just a few months into its life. Which reminds me I need to take it to the store and see if they'll fix it or if I'm SOL again.
they just remove more and more stuff