Help Me Decide to Move to The Apple World (Desktop + Laptop + Tab + Phone + TV Entertainment Box)

Lvroomkroom on 10/12/2014 - 14:07
Last edited 11/12/2014 - 07:24

I want to know what I will be missing moving to apple bundle. Here is my planned move

Win 7 Desktop ( 6 Years old ) to iMac,
> Win 7 Sony Vaio ( 5 years old ) to Macbook
Samsung Tab 2 (3 years old ) to iPad 3,
HTC (2 years old with broken screen ) to iPhone 6 and
Chromecast ( 1 year old ) to Apple TV

Here is what I do with all the above devices at different time/place of the day,

Check Mails
Browse internet
Watch Youtube in the TV with Smartphone + Chrome Cast
Listen to music
Edits pics taken on Camera ( really basic )
Use the desktop to store all my music/ pics / other digital stuff

I have never owned an apple product !! Honestly never had the dough to buy one. So I have been saving for couple of years for this move and I really like the iphone6 bigger screen. I still have my doubt and want ppl from this forum to point of stuff which I have not thought about.

Please be kind and this is my first post asking for suggestion from this awesome forum !!

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • the-mal on 10/12/2014 - 14:25
    +8

    To play devils advocate - if you can do everything you want to do with the stuff you have, why change?

    What will Apple let you do that you can't do now?

    I've had Apple and non-Apple stuff. I'm now back to all non-Apple (except for an old iPod nano I use whilst running). I liked my iPhone and MacBook Pro, but the phone and laptop I have now were cheaper, way better specc'ed and I've been able to get back to gaming on the PC.

    Non-Apple alternatives have really caught up to Apple in pretty much all areas now IMHO.

    • vroomkroom on 10/12/2014 - 15:40

      Hmm, my desktop (Core Duo ) is 6 years old/ Laptop is 5 years old/ TAB is 3shh years old/ Phone is 2 years old/ Chromecast is about a year old !! All the devices expect the chromecast has nearly come to end of life. All are on life support so it will need a refresh sooner or later !!

      • the-mal on 11/12/2014 - 15:11
        +1

        None of that points to Apple products. Seriously, the Apple products aren't what they used to be. They used to be a level of quality above others, you used to get innovative ahead of the curve products, fantastic customer service, and things used to work and basically never fail.

        Now they fail, if you need it fixed be prepared to deal with "Genius Bar" staff who have no idea what they're talking about and charge you for everything and get ready for products of a similar quality to most other decent brands (HTC, Samsung, Sony etc).

        I now have an MSI laptop, love it, HTC phone, love it, and Samsung tablet, love it. I wouldn't go back to Apple…it's all $$$ for nothing now.

        • vroomkroom on 12/12/2014 - 11:33

          Are you saying that the other well known brands have caught up with Apple's quality or Apple has deteriorated in the quality front ? Geez will be worried if the hardware for example the 5K screen fails in 3 years.

        • [Deactivated] on 14/12/2014 - 23:53

          This Guy is really on the money.
          I did the same thing a few years back and switched (4 years back?)

          My house looks very much like the inside of an apple store. I have all the apple toys you need.
          But as said, the quality and service that use to set them apart has fallen.

          While apple does make products that connect well with each other and use to have easy to use software/GUI
          All this has fallen to shit.
          competition is supplying better products now

        • the-mal on 17/12/2014 - 11:29

          @vroomkroom: Bit of both. Apple quality has definitely declined, both in software and hardware. Apple got too big and, like all companies that grow to that size, stopped innovating as much. How has the iPhone innovated lately? Samsung, Sony and HTC all have more features and options than the iPhone. Easier to customise, more choice, cheaper etc. How has the MacBook innovated lately? Sony, ASUS, MSI and others all have equivalents now often with more options and definitely more customisability and upgradeability.

          I like the OSX operating system, but Win 8.1 does me just as well workflow-wise. And if it's a look-and-feel thing there are some very polished Linux flavours that give me a similar feel to OSX.

          Apple are still high quality products, but the competition has caught up and Apple have lagged slightly. You never used to hear of defects on Apple products, they "Just Worked". Not now - iPhone updates that cripple older models, bending phones - and you used to buy Apple for the features, now you're sacrificing features (touch screen, more choice of graphics card, upgradeability of simple things like RAM or SSDs because they're sealed shut).

          In the end you can get more, for less, for a similar quality if you choose to steer clear of Apple. The equation didn't used to be that simple. You paid more, but you got more. Now you don't. I have the money and am willing to spend it for quality, but I prefer non-Apple products now because I get better bang for my buck (features, upgradeability, customisability, quality, support, software choice, OS choice).

        • vroomkroom on 19/12/2014 - 07:39

          @the-mal: Thanks the-mal for your neutral comment and I think you are spot on with your comparison.

  • plmko on 10/12/2014 - 14:45
    +3

    Check Mails
    Browse internet
    Watch Youtube in the TV with Smartphone + Chrome Cast
    Listen to music
    Edits pics taken on Camera ( really basic )
    Use the desktop to store all my music/ pics / other digital stuff

    If that's all you do, why do you even need a desktop and a laptop. Either get rid of the laptop or plug it the monitor.

    • vroomkroom on 10/12/2014 - 15:34

      Agreed mate. Will have to work out which get the chop desktop or laptop !! I added the tab to the list to use it while travelling and it has served the purpose !! May be it can retire and not be upgraded lol

  • adamren on 10/12/2014 - 15:21
    +1

    Yikes, cold turkey.

    The Apple TV is lacklustre. Especially in comparison to Chromecast.

    Do you actually have all those things? Why change?

    Some people really get sucked into the RDF and live in bliss in the walled garden.

  • fluberries on 10/12/2014 - 15:27
    +4

    You will be missing several thousand $$$ moving over to Apple world.

  • ESEMCE on 10/12/2014 - 15:40
    +5

    About $4500

    The more important question is..
    "what am I going to gain?"

    By your usage, I think the answer is nothing at all…

  • TassieJones14 on 10/12/2014 - 16:56

    If I were you, choose between iMac and Macbook; you don't need both. Also, if you're short on cash: decide between iPhone and a normal phone (since you already have an iPad - which is a portable version of the Macbook)!

    But yeah, in terms of durability, performance and aesthetics, you probably won't go wrong with Apple products (despite them being a touch pricey)..

    • vroomkroom on 11/12/2014 - 07:30

      Agreed, after having a real thought the macbook gets the chop. What I did not take into account is the two laptop from work which can be substitute in-case a laptop is required or for that matter a windows machine is required. I am also tossing between the idea of not having a TAB and just live with a phone.

      • ESEMCE on 11/12/2014 - 08:06

        If you're getting a Phablet size phone (whether it be a 6Plus or Android), dropping the tab isn't a bad idea.
        Plus you can always Root and Flash a Custom ROM onto your existing tablet for a new lease on life!

        iMac Vs Windows Desktop, really comes down to how much you like MacOS, personally I am a fan, there's a lot of cool features that I like, but just can't justify the price, especially now that I've made the jump to Linux.
        For my basic use (like yours), Linux does everything I need, costs me nothing financially and the small amount of time it costs me (when I want to do something "fancy") can at least be written off to education.
        Funnily enough it was Apple's decision to jump to x86 CPU's that pushed me to experiment with Linux. When software became too hard to maintain on my Powerbook G4, I bought and maintained a Hackintosh for a while, then it became too hard to maintain as well, so I jumped to Linux, cause I felt comfortable enough in the command line to take that next step after hacking kexts for the Hackintosh.

        • vroomkroom on 11/12/2014 - 11:14

          I wish i had the time to play around and learn new OS/skills. However its just opp at this stage and I want something that is 98% trouble free. I understand there are some limitation with mac os but quality of the hardware is def superior as a package than custom build/Dell/HP out of the box stuff. My idea is to get top of the range iMAC ( 5K retina display/i7/ Fusion hard drive) and not worry about upgrade of hardware for another 5-7 years. I was told software upgrade ( OS/ Anti-Virus ) is def easy to do in a MAC via online apple store. I am in the process of meeting someone in the apple store to get more info on these details.

        • ESEMCE on 11/12/2014 - 12:56
          +1

          @vroomkroom:

          So why are you considering a change in OS from Windows to MacOS then? You think MacOS has no learning curve?

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