I completely agree. I switched to Apple around a decade ago because I got tired of the yearly reinstall-windows ritual and installing printer drivers and having to send my laptop for repairs.
There's a lot I don't like about Apple, but the 'just works' thing, at least for my use case, is absolutely true.
After the MBP announcement I started looking into alternatives, but all of them fell short.One example:
if I buy new MacBook, I'm up in running in no time because of Time Machine. I've already Time Machine'd at least one laptop ago and things are still doing fine. Or if my current MacBook Air fails, I can easily set up an old-ish Mac Mini with my entire system. Almost no downtime.
That right that, much as I hate to admit it, is enough reason to suck it up, eventually, and buy a really expensive MacBook Pro in a year or so.
And then there are Mac-only apps and iOS-only apps like OmniFocus that I use constantly, a nice touchpad (main reason I'm not getting an XPS), a sleep/hibernate mode that somehow still works better than the altnerative, and the fact that I can walk into any Apple store and have my problems taken care of because of Apple Care.
Now I fully understand that for many people the somewhat ridiculously high price of the new MBP (in Europe, at least) does not weigh up against all these things. But for me they're worth overpaying. Begrudgingly, but still.
They are losing some goodwill though. I'm keeping my ears to the ground and I'll jump ship if I think it's worth it.
There's a lot I don't like about Apple, but the 'just works' thing, at least for my use case, is absolutely true.
After the MBP announcement I started looking into alternatives, but all of them fell short.One example:
if I buy new MacBook, I'm up in running in no time because of Time Machine. I've already Time Machine'd at least one laptop ago and things are still doing fine. Or if my current MacBook Air fails, I can easily set up an old-ish Mac Mini with my entire system. Almost no downtime.
That right that, much as I hate to admit it, is enough reason to suck it up, eventually, and buy a really expensive MacBook Pro in a year or so.
And then there are Mac-only apps and iOS-only apps like OmniFocus that I use constantly, a nice touchpad (main reason I'm not getting an XPS), a sleep/hibernate mode that somehow still works better than the altnerative, and the fact that I can walk into any Apple store and have my problems taken care of because of Apple Care.
Now I fully understand that for many people the somewhat ridiculously high price of the new MBP (in Europe, at least) does not weigh up against all these things. But for me they're worth overpaying. Begrudgingly, but still.
They are losing some goodwill though. I'm keeping my ears to the ground and I'll jump ship if I think it's worth it.