3-2-1… and it’s all systems go on rocketship Apple!
By Ben Robinson on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 at 11:58 AM PST In Apple, Ideas and rants, The Digital Life
Yep, that’s it, I’ve officially had enough - gone are the days of PC hang ups, network freezes, and devices taking a coffee break whilst I grind my teeth (literally)…
What am I talking about? I am talking about my wholesale defection over to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) – and as far as I am concerned, all things good!
Over the next few months, I’ll be:
- Changing my wireless access point to an Airport Extreme 802.11n
- Moving from Series60 over to iPhone
- Rolling out Apple TV at home
- Purchasing the new MacBook Pro
But why would I do all these things? Well, it’s a combined and growing frustration with many things Windows, but also many crippled, or frankly rubbish, mobile technologies. Without going in to too many specifics, I’ve had enough of operating systems hanging for no good reason, for devices locking up and rebooting, and also from wireless network attachment issues.
I’ve been quietly sampling the various networking, computing, and mobile offerings from Apple over the last few months, and my conclusion – they just work. Might not seem very significant, but my life is genuinely VERY busy – my day is typically 0600-2300, of which about 95% is work-related. I just don’t have the time for the devices in my life to crash/hang/reboot, and so Apple is getting the big chance now.
I’ll be posting up about my experiences, starting with the following post about Wireless Access Points – come with me on a magical mystery tour installation-fest, and see what I root up as goood things, bad things, and… if they happen…. downright frustrating things!
(Note: I won’t be pulling my hair out – as I don’t really have enough to either (a) reach or (b) pull) 
Ben
Wow, those sounds like all problems im facing with my iphone!
Good luck Ben!
Obviously, no technology is faultless and I’ve had my fair share of nastiness with Apple kit, but on the whole their phones, computers and applications are like a breath of fresh air.
Ben,
Please stop deluding yourself. You are just passing off one set of frustrations for another. I support both platforms everyday, and am not overly fond of either platform. Just be prepared to pay more and the problems you have will no longer be searchable through google… They will just be mysteries.
Good luck, Ben, but I don’t think I’ll be able to contain my snickering when you can’t find some overlooked (yet critical) piece of software isn’t on Mac.
Now two iphone/Apple tzars. Oh methinks this town aint big enough….FIGHT!!!
Good luck, i look forward to ramming the cliched merits of cupertino edlessly down our throats.
No delusion here
Apple products genuinely are a joy to use. The PC (for the moment) will stay on – it will however be sat in the background, doing it’s usual hourglass and hanging impressions (which it does VERY well). I long for the day when “shut down” will be final.
I vote ‘grass has gotta be greener’ at this point, and am prepared to try it out – we’ll see if it brings me vast globules of joy, or frustration
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