Discussion on: Is Apple really needed?

[Eljay-Adobe]

"Is Apple really needed?"

I don't think so.

There is no tool or application that I have on my Macintosh computers which is indispensable or even what I'd consider unique.

Everything I do, I could do on a Linux box, or a Windows box.

I prefer Macintosh computers because:

• the hardware is well put together
• Unix (I'm a long time Unix fan... and Amiga and BeOS and NeXTstep)
• has all the tools I want (bash, Vim, Python 3, an IDE, C++ compiler/linker)
• hardware and operating system are strongly integrated
• clean
• I like the macOS UI
• retina display is well supported by macOS

My friends that dislike Macintosh computers usually cite:

• Macs are too expensive
• prefer Windows
• don't like to be locked into a computer "appliance" that is not upgradable
• hate Apple
• hate Apple's razor-wire walled garden
• hate the macOS UI

I do not find any of those condemnations to either have merit, or are opinion based which I do not share that opinion.

All is not rainbows and unicorns. The things I dislike about Macintosh computers:

• I hate Apple's keyboards - first thing I replace with a Razer or Unicomp keyboard
• I hate Apple's mice - second thing I replace with a Logitech or Microsoft mouse