Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Boycott Apple

On one hand, the Apple corporation is a bloated monstrosity of a fortune 500. They design products that inherently fail, are under-intuitive, and they farm their customers for every penny for features that come immediately standard on competitor devices. They upgrade too frequently (...Avid....) They don't stand behind their products, and will abandon ship without hesitation.

Apple fans can be divided into one of two camps. People who are totally unaware of how a computer works, and people who are distracted by shiny things. I can totally get on board with someone who's not in to computers just wanting something that functions, but it's a real shame how many people are getting ripped off/ripping themselves off/letting Apple rip them off. Most of this comes in the form of customer farming on Apple's part, as well as unnecessary/required updates, and many people's unending desire to test out the newest most expensive, unproven gadget.

Apple has come a long way from the days of exclusively proprietary hardware and frantically searching the yellow pages for someone who can perform "Mac repairs". These days there are fewer differences than ever between PCs and Macs, but those differences are still readily apparent and divisive.

The fact that Mac sells so many integrated desktops is a shame, considering from a component and constructive perspective it's just a really, really gawky laptop that's not mobile. Integrated is integrated. What's even more a shame is that Apple is well-known in the media industries of film and audio for being a workhorse, but this is totally unfounded. It's the same answer as to the question, "Why is Pro Tools the industry standard?"

...because it just is. No rhyme or reason. Give me one legitimate argument for Mac over PC in the audio world. None. Logic is a joke, and the name is certainly tongue-in-cheek (as anyone who's operated it knows, there's nothing logical about that GUI!)

At least most things can go cross-platform. The only real problem seems to be when Mac guys have to go back and forth with PCs. I know that I never have any issues going from PC to Mac and back again. I hope I haven't jinxed myself!


Conclusion

If you don't feel like spending the time to find an alternative to an Apple product, find someone like Audio Ecstasy Productions that specializes in IT and DAW customization. I guarantee we can find you an amazing machine for about 1/3 of the price of any Apple product you've looked at.


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