Re:I’ve used Apple computers my entire life. why I'm never ...
by taylodl on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:21PM
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Interesting. That hasn't been my experience at all. I don't know how many times my 2015 MBP has been in my backpack when it's fallen off a table or whatever. My MBP isn't in any kind of enclosure or anything and my backpack is one of those you get during registration at a conference. That is to say it's nothing special and in fact is rather cheap. Meanwhile my MBP keeps chugging along without even a scratch. It's definitely not being babied - I can tell you that! :)
My laptops from college and law school both still work, and the one from law school (an HP laptop that was in many ways a rough precursor to MS' Surface line) still has 70% of its original battery life!
A key point in why I despite Apple products: the first year of law school, roughly 90% of the students used Apple laptops. By the start of the second year, 50% of the students used Apple laptops. By the end of law school, only a handful of students still used Apple laptops; all of them were the type that babied their computers. The problem is that Apple laptops simply weren't built to survive the rigors of school, and those laptops were stronger than the ones Apple sells today.
So, based on the experience of roughly 300 students at my law school, I say that Apple is only the best value for the money if someone else is paying for it and the AppleCare service plan. If it's your own money, Apple is the worst value.