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Re:Apple Moves Mac Pro Production to China by TallGuyShort on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:52PM (#20306298)
Totally tangential rant here, but when I've had family or close friends (the kind who would come to me for free tech support and who I would generally indulge) ask me for recommendations, I've told them that I don't know Mac products well enough to recommend / recommend against them, but that if they get iOS or Macs, I simply won't be in a position to help them. Almost invariably they get the Apple device, need help, can't get it from Apple, and come back to me. Can't stand it. And if I ever have a glitch they'll say, "but Apple stuff just works..."
Re:Apple Moves Mac Pro Production to China by rbritton on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:58PM (#20309100)
The only difference when they do choose the products you recommend (in my case it is Apple), they come to you first before even trying the manufacturer's support.
Re:Apple Moves Mac Pro Production to China by TallGuyShort on Saturday June 29, 2019 @09:33AM (#20312469)
I don't mind that - I can almost always fix an Android or PC glitch myself. It's the look of disbelief when I tell them I have no idea if their iPad is supposed to do that or not, followed by, "but you're a techy person".