Comment by PlatoIsADisease
5 hours ago
>you discover that there's a heap of functionality and convenience you'll have to let go, and add complexity and cost to your setup.
Which is?
Every time I got an Apple product, it felt like a step back. They were late to widgets, late to AI. Their security is historically poor.
For the desktop Mac, the base OS is essentially UNIX. It is much more secure by default than Microsoft Windows. For the mobile Mac (iOS), they are much preferred by large corporations when giving mobile phones to employees. Why? Security is much better than Android.
> Every time I got an Apple product, it felt like a step back. They were late to widgets, late to AI. Their security is historically poor.
It's not a bad thing to be late to AI. Most of it has shown to be a complete waste of time, money and resources.
As for poor security - this has got to be a joke, right? If anything, it's the Windows world that has a piss poor track record when it comes to security. Apple meanwhile, unless you're a terrorist or drug kingpin, no way the police can access a properly protected device.
I remember thinking similar when JetBrains finally released LLMs integrated into their IDEs. I still don't love their integrated LLMs (too many silly suggestions that are simply syntax errors), but they were intentionally slow to release... to wait for some of the hype to blow over.