We are joining the A to Z Challenge for the month of April. A letter a day will keep the cobwebs at bay.
A is for Apple. Not the kind you polish and give to the teacher, but the tech behemoth that offers iEverything in exchange for your hard earned dollars.
I am not an Apple fanboy, as their vocal followers are called. Apple makes great gear, but it is way overpriced -- as their company coffers with its billions of dollars in reserve can attest. Their profit margin on their gear can be characterized in one word: obscene.
I have never been able to justify the cost differential, thus I buy Acer laptops for $300 vs Apple laptops for $1K+. I am not a Micro$oft lover either, but I can live with their Windows OS and don't have to buy any of their other software products.
Sure, I would love to have an iPad. If you want to send me one, I'll gladly accept it. I have an Amazon Fire and I find the 7" screen is too small for any meaningful internet surfing. The iPad's 10 inch screen would be welcome and the newest version's screen is supposed to be awesome. But the iPad's price that is three times (or more) of the Fire's and it keeps the iPad as wishful thinking as far as my wallet goes.
My smartphone is an Android phone; my tablet is an Android based Fire; my PCs (all five of them) are Windows machines. Would I become an Apple fanboy if I ever owned a piece of Apple gear? I don't know. I'd be willing to find out. Just send me a new MacBook, an iPhone and an iPad and we'll see. (Address for UPS to deliver them is available on request.)
I agree on all counts....off to spread the word on your A to Z blog and hopefully get some more folks stopping by. Till tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend is SO anti-Apple - I once caught him using my iPod so I posted pictures all over Facebook just to annoy him LOL.
ReplyDeleteKat, I spent 45 years in the computer business. In all that time, I've never found anyone that was neutral regarding IBM, Microsoft or Apple. You either love 'em or hate 'em. I got a good chuckle out of your post -- am a bit surprised that you didn't say ex-boyfriend. LOL
DeleteI live in a multi-computer, overly-technological household thanks to an Apple-dedicated husband and children. I refuse to convert. I'd love a Kindle Fire, though. I have an "old times" (as my children would say) Kindle.
ReplyDeleteTia, the Fire is nice but I find the screen too small for any web browsing. One just spends too much time making things big enough to read and scrolling back and forth. It is nice for reading books -- inside; outside it is very difficult to read. The old Kindle is better for reading, but you can't read it in the dark. Tradeoffs. Get your Apple husband to buy you an iPad, but make sure he pays for it out of his lunch money. LOL
DeleteTia, my hubby loves his Kindle Fire but still would like an iPad. We'll see what the next Kindle brings to the table.
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