Why would you disqualify Apple’s software? They built the OS. That’s the reason to get it. Because while Windows “runs okay” it’s still worse, despite Apple’s recent buggy releases.
Don’t forget that “Apple‘s software” includes utilities like Preview, Spotlight, Finder, the screenshot utility, and even System Preferences where Microsoft isn’t delivering a competent alternative. Let me know when enabling or disabling a network card doesn’t dump me into the Windows Vista Control Panel in a completely separate window.
And Windows still updates itself too much. It’s infuriating. The whole concept of active hours sucks. Microsoft’s “solution” to their update nightmare is to make you keep your computer on all the time. Every time I fire up my gaming PC it wants to update and hijacks my ability to shut down or restart. They should have a “consumers who don’t give a shit about KB1234567 .NET 3.5 patch” channel that releases no more frequently than monthly or maybe even quarterly.
Then if you own an iPhone like half the USA and are already interested in a laptop that costs at least $999 it’s really hard to look away from the Mac.
Considering that smartphones are more important to most people than their laptops, including many people that use laptops for a living, it shouldn’t be surprising that macOS is such a compelling option. My laptop is now basically just for work while my phone is my “PC” - my personal computer.
And in that sense iOS is a driver as a reason to use macOS. I’m not going to give up Handoff and AirDrop just to save a few bucks - and which Android phone costs $399, has the fastest available processor, has a solid camera, and will get 5+ years of software updates?
As long as you don't mind taking an hour or two to root it and unlock the bootloader, an LG V30 is 150$ new, is very well supported by the ROM community, supports GCam (since the camera hardware is superior to pixels, the quality is simply amazing) with results that my friends with iPhone 11 pros accept are superior, has a processor fast enough for everything except heavy gaming, supports "AirDrop" via KDE connect (I literally have my phones filesystem mounted on my computer at all time, and I can share->send to computer, as well as the reverse).
It doesn't have the fastest processor, but at least I can use it however I want, and doesn't have a 1500mAh battery that will render it useless in two years.
It's interesting that people go on the Internet, by nature a global medium, and then assume that their audience is American. iOS currently has a worldwide market share of about 27% (source: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide).
Don’t forget that “Apple‘s software” includes utilities like Preview, Spotlight, Finder, the screenshot utility, and even System Preferences where Microsoft isn’t delivering a competent alternative. Let me know when enabling or disabling a network card doesn’t dump me into the Windows Vista Control Panel in a completely separate window.
And Windows still updates itself too much. It’s infuriating. The whole concept of active hours sucks. Microsoft’s “solution” to their update nightmare is to make you keep your computer on all the time. Every time I fire up my gaming PC it wants to update and hijacks my ability to shut down or restart. They should have a “consumers who don’t give a shit about KB1234567 .NET 3.5 patch” channel that releases no more frequently than monthly or maybe even quarterly.
Then if you own an iPhone like half the USA and are already interested in a laptop that costs at least $999 it’s really hard to look away from the Mac.
Considering that smartphones are more important to most people than their laptops, including many people that use laptops for a living, it shouldn’t be surprising that macOS is such a compelling option. My laptop is now basically just for work while my phone is my “PC” - my personal computer.
And in that sense iOS is a driver as a reason to use macOS. I’m not going to give up Handoff and AirDrop just to save a few bucks - and which Android phone costs $399, has the fastest available processor, has a solid camera, and will get 5+ years of software updates?