Re:Apple’s declining software quality
by vannevar on Thursday February 04, 2016 @02:27PM
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Yes, good software applications from Apple have been the historical exception rather than the rule. Great hardware, good OS, mediocre software for the most part. This reflects the company's priorities as a hardware vendor: they make very little money from software, and hence have little direct incentive to put a lot of resources into it.
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Re:Apple’s declining software quality
by leetNightshade on Thursday February 04, 2016 @02:56PM
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I don't agree with great hardware, if we're talking about durability and easily fixable. At least the Macbook line seems designed to fail after a number of years or be too expensive to continue fixing in favor of buying a new one. Apple products, besides the high end desktops, seem disposable, no matter how well made it looks.
Re:Apple’s declining software quality
by freehunter on Thursday February 04, 2016 @03:28PM
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Years is still a long time to measure the lifespan of a laptop. Plenty of less-expensive laptops fail at the one-year mark, some fail at two, some laptops equally as expensive as a Macbook will fail before five years are up. Some Macs fail before five years, some last beyond that.
And five years is a long time when it comes to computers.