I think I’m moving away from Apple

ByJim 20/06/202213/06/2022

I don’t want to but Apple is making it difficult to stay in the walled garden.

Apple Mac Pro

I know I’ll never most likely be able to afford a Mac Pro but I can’t help but be a little disappointed that Apple didn’t at least give us a sneak peek at the upcoming Apple Silicone Mac Pro. We’re coming to the end of the 2 years apple said they would take for their transition to their own silicone but not a peep has been heard about the most powerful mac of all.

WWDC did bring some nice new features to its iOS, iPad and watchOS systems though that look really nice. The only disappointing part is that for most of them you need the latest hardware for them to work. For example one of my favourite new features is the ability to use your phone as a webcam just by selecting your phone as the camera or the app you want to use. But as I no longer have a mac capable of running the latest version of macOS I’m out of luck.

I don’t want to create yet another one of my many shopping lists but if I wanted to use all of the new features in the latest releases of each of their operating systems then I’d end up shelling out £9,927 for a mac studio to replace my basically dead Mac Mini that runs as a server, a 24″ iMac to use as my desktop computer, The MacBook Pro for use when I’m doing events and such and then, of course, there’s the 12.9 iPad Pro to replace my 1st gen 12.9″ iPad Pro.

I don’t know about you but I don’t have £10,000 to drop on all of this new gear as much as I may want it all. I’ve been building my desktop PC for over a year so I can buy the parts 2nd hand as and when I can afford them. (So far I have the case and an AIO CPU cooler) I have designed it around building a Hackintosh but even then after Apple drops support for the intel CPUs from their Operating Systems I’m back to running either Windows or Linux if I want the latest security updates and bug fixes.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll probably say it again and again, but things were much simpler when Apple only released a smaller number of products. 1 iPhone, 1 iPad, 2 Laptops an iMac and a mac pro-type device. When they did this the pricing was reasonable, don’t get me wrong there was still an apple tax, but now not so much. I remember when I got my first Mac Mini. It was £400 and it lasted me almost 7 years and was still getting updates. Now though, whilst my current mac mini could run the last iteration of macOS it didn’t do it well and struggled just booting up. Gone are the days of endless support, instead we seem to have returned to the 90s and are getting endless products.

Dare I say it, but I think I’m slowly starting to transition away from Apple, and not through choice. I still think they have one of the better-operating systems and what they are doing with Apple Silicone is amazing don’t get me wrong. But I find myself using Linux more and more. If there was a decent mobile offering other than the bloat and google ware filled android I’d be very tempted to jump ship. I really like the look of Ubuntu’s mobile OS but that seems to have led nowhere and everything else is just a version of android with a different skin on it.

I suppose it’s my own fault for jumping into the walled garden with both feet many moons ago but, to be honest, I still don’t really regret it. everything just works and when so many of the things I try to do just don’t work it makes life so much simpler to know that when I get home I can tap my phone and the lights and TV will come on without fail (well at least the lights that are homeKit native.

I’ve been very lucky to afford the Apple products I do own but I think that time is coming to an end so expect to see a post in the not-so-distant future where I’m looking at replacements for the Apple devices I have. I just hope I can find an ecosystem that works anywhere near as well as Apple’s

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Jim, with a vibrant career spanning 18 years in Customer Services and Event Production, has been on an exhilarating journey. From working in venues across the UK to being the go-to techie for some of his favorite bands, Jim’s passion for live events shines through.

He honed his skills at East Riding College, where he earned a BA in Contemporary Media, Design, and Production. These days, while he may not be as active in the live events industry, Jim keeps a watchful eye on the scene. His dream? To establish his own production house, championing local homegrown talent.

When he’s not immersed in the world of events, Jim enjoys family life with his wife and two children. And every now and then, he gets to share his intriguing discoveries through blog posts.

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