The old MacBook Air does continue to chug slowly along. Too slow for comfortable use anymore. Because my wife's travels usually extend to a month or more I'm also uncomfortable with the batteries. They seem OK but their age gives me concern that they'll suddenly fail while she's away from home. Doing a 2-week trip starting next week and will bring both the Air and the Chromebook to see which works best in today's environment. If the Chromebook loses....what the Hell, it wasn't even $200. If it comes out second-best then it'd make a good donation to some kid who school is still in Xiden Panic Mode.My Daughter's Mac Book is still humming after 15 years; show me a Windows laptop that can do that.It can be said with surety that Apple placed the PC on the backburner 10 years ago. They focused on phones. And it worked obviously.The latest versions of Apple's software don't even come with a plastic toy in box. They really should - so you'd get something of value.
One of the recent new versions broke hundreds of programs folks used regularly and forced them to buy new versions with features they didn't want and without features they had depended upon.
When it came time earlier this month to replace an ancient MacBook Air the choice was a dirt-cheap Chromebook. It does everything I need for travel and, yeah,I knew I was getting screwed but at least the price was about 80% LESS than the MacBook I would have had to buy to get the same level of utility that suits my travel needs.
As to Windows....well is it said: Friends don't let friends do Windows. But at least the latest versions are consistent. Consistently crap. With Windows you always know exactly what you're going to get.
Screwed.
They went from a company barely getting by to the most profitable company in the world.
The iMac has remained nearly unchanged for 15 years.
This is a 2010 iMac:
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And a 2020 iMac:
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Only difference is it is thinner.
If you listen closely, you can hear Jobs screaming.