Apple hardware used to be great. I had three Mac laptops (and still use my 2008 Macbook all these years later although I run Linux on it now) and we still have a bunch of iPods around the house. I have to support countless iPhones at work (though being a BYOD company, I had nothing to do with buying them). The hardware quality has definitely gone downhill over the years - one particularly egregious example was chargers (2011-2012) with wires separating leaving exposed bare wires and there was no way to use any other kind of charger you have to buy a new $80 Apple charger and they only have the one that breaks. I could go on about bending iPhones, and now in iPhone 8 batterys apparently exploding.
But this rant is about iOS. There is a myth (much repeated) that iOS is "easier" which sets me off every time I hear someone repeat it. What they mean is -
iOS is more like the iOS that I'm used to than something which isn't iOS
Its not "easier" by any real measure. What is a real measure? Here's one: Try to use the operating system to get various tasks done and measure how long it takes to get them done, if you can get them done at all.
A recent job reminded me of why I no longer buy Apple products. The client calls to say they just got a new iPhone and are having problems getting a custom ringtone onto it. OK, sounds simple so I run over on lunch. Client had gone to a local AT&T store when their old phone gave up the ghost. AT...
Last year when I got an HP EliteBook for work I thought my days with the old MacBook were numbered. The MacBook isn't that old, its a 2009 Core 2 Duo aluminum body 13" model, but the EliteBook's iCore 5 was is faster. The Mac screen is better, but not by very much. Both processors support V...
In the first week of July I received in a bunch of machines off my company's UPS technology subsidy. The story of the subsidy is probably worth a post all its own, but suffice to say, UPS basically gives the company a bunch of PCs every so often based on how much we ship with them. One of the ma...
As far as I can tell from some quick research, there are still no true Mac viruses, a friend's recent comment that there is a virus that can be installed on a Mac without user intervention does not appear to be correct. While the software in question can run automatically, if a certain option is en...
Army Builder is a windows program that helps you build an army for use in playing Warhammer Fantasy Battle that conforms to the rules of the game. This simple program took all the pain out of building my little Dwarf army and got me playing much faster - I highly recommend it. As there is only...
