Thought I'd Introduce Myself

[Jack S Holt]

 

Hello!

 

 

W I suppose this is my first interaction on a forum, however certainly not my first time on one. I just thought I'd write a little about myself to see if there is anyone else on this forum similar to myself and my views on the current generation of technology.ell

 

My views on technology may actually be todays Macs (at least for what I use them for). First off I know that I am at risk of being crucified for even sharing what I use as my daily machine. However first let me add a little context to my technology situation. I used to have a GTX 970ti with 32gb of RAM and 3 TB of storage, so for 3 years ago a decent computer and brilliant for playing Video Games. I played GTA, Battlefield, ArmA 3 and War Thunder all on movie settings and I loved it. However as I got older and started to require productivity over gaming (much like James before his rig was revamped) so I started to realise that Windows did not suit my needs. So I resorted to Google online services and Apple. A combination that I adore, especially when using my Google Home for ease of booking reminders and deadlines.in complete paradox to my purchasing of it. I use at this current moment in time a MacBook 12inch and an iMac 27" Mid-2011 and an iPhone 7 32gb. Now god they sound old, especially the iMac, but my do they still compete with

 

Apple's MacOS just suited my needs, the ease of connectivity makes my life so much easier. I use the iMac to do my website design, light coding and the odd sprinkling of graphic design. So the obvious issue to many of you would be does the 2011 iMac manage this to a reasonable standard? Well, yes... However it must be said that my left side of the screen is dulled and I have had to resort to swapping out my 1 TB Hard-drive to a 256 GB SSD, leading to my purchase of an external Porsche Design Hard-Drive in order to store all my Data, anyway that is beside the point. For a device that is now 7-8 years old now it certainly has been a great investment. I have certainly made the money back from the initial purchase just because of its' longevity and relative reliability. I am unable to upgrade to newer devices just purely because of price and to be completely honest I don't want to if I don't have to, the device works, in fact it works well enough to be able to run War Thunder on medium settings at 45 FPS pretty much for a full day. Combine this occasional procrastination with the immense productivity of the iMac I certainly am in awe of Apple's design and indeed quality. 

 

So my second device, the 12 inch MacBook, indeed I didn't just betray the PCMR but indeed went for perhaps the least popular MacBook that Apple produces. So let me address each issue separately. Why did I purchase a MacBook, well it was probably because of the experience I had with an iMac, I switched from a gaming PC to an iMac and I didn't regret it at all, I sacrificed Nvidia for AMD and an i7 for an i5 before so why should I risk going back to windows. As well as this I wanted a device that was beautifully designed but also one that I knew I could rely on. My productivity had increased by at least 300% of the original progress I was making and as I have said many times before, I didn't mind. The device is perfect for travelling, checking social media and for my personal writing endeavours (for my eyes only by the way). So the second question you may all be asking is why the 12 inch. Well I didn't want a device that was as powerful as it could be, or in Apple's case the most expensive it could be, nor a large device, a 12 inch screen is perfect for writing and checking on scheduling, even the sound quality from the 12 inch base is of decent quality for some situations. So it only has an Intel Core M processor but as I said I only word process on Google and the M processor is perfectly capable of internet access and the consequent long periods of drivel that I may write. 

 

So I am pretty sure I do not need to address why I use an iPhone at this point but I will just prove that perhaps my views on technology aren't exactly the same as how I use it and indeed the tech I purchase. Do I agree with Apple's sometimes ridiculous pricing and lack of hardware upgradeability? well no I don't to be frank. Do I agree that my tech is the best possible? no, it is no where near the best, I love Apple's devices and indeed use them, but are mine the newest, no, are they the most effective, no I can't procrastinate as well as I could have done on my old windows PC. I am a strong believer in the user customised experience for computer users. However at the moment this is only really available to users on the Windows operating system something I believe should at some point shift to MacOS as well, will they? no of course not it's Apple! But after blabbing for long enough now I should probably wrap up this post.

 

So I'll wrap it up with two questions for you all to answer if you wish.

 

1) Is there anyone else on the LTT forum that is in my situation preferring Apple devices purely because of productivity and design but yet still yearning for the gaming capability of Windows' devices? 

 

2) Does anyone else use older Apple devices still with great performance because of the ridiculous pricing of Apple's latest devices?

 

So I hope you all liked what you read and I already have my flak vest on for the shrapnel emanating from every windows PCMR user on this forum but I hope I don't need to defend myself and we all realise how different devices maximise certain expects of peoples lives.

 

Jack

 

 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, TheClueLessMajority said:

[Shreyas1]

Not me personally, but if that's your thing, and you know what you're buying, then that's fine. Apple fanboys that defend apple no matter what annoy me though.

[Guest]

1) Yes, because no time for games anymore. 

2) No, I use an iPad Pro (to take photos) for work and my MacBook Pro 2016 is now sitting on my desk.

 

I still use the MacBook a lot because of some excel functions are missing in the mobile version and it's great for rendering videos to 1080p iPad format. 

 

TBH because I do a lot of video encoding for my iPad (which is amazing on flights), I had an old 2011 MBP 13" that was great, with an SSD and 16GB RAM - but SLOW at encoding. My new MacBook is much better and it makes a big difference. 

 

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Side note: Your typing reminds me of a doctor who works with my dad, he signs all his emails with the letters after his name  (i.e. M.D), however because his university gave him an award with his doctorate, 'high distinction' he puts that after his name as well, 

 

so it would be after each email, 'Dr. RorzNZ M.D Bsc with Distinction'. Needless to say my dad and his other 50-year-old collegues who should know better have quite a laugh over such knobbyness. Never act too professional otherwise you may come off as a bit of a banker. 

[Jack S Holt]

7 hours ago, Shreyas1 said:

Not me personally, but if that's your thing, and you know what you're buying, then that's fine. Apple fanboys that defend apple no matter what annoy me though.

Indeed I'm not balls to the wall Apple but I appreciate what they do as it suits my needs.

[Jack S Holt]

6 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

1) Yes, because no time for games anymore. 

2) No, I use an iPad Pro (to take photos) for work and my MacBook Pro 2016 is now sitting on my desk.

 

I still use the MacBook a lot because of some excel functions are missing in the mobile version and it's great for rendering videos to 1080p iPad format. 

 

TBH because I do a lot of video encoding for my iPad (which is amazing on flights), I had an old 2011 MBP 13" that was great, with an SSD and 16GB RAM - but SLOW at encoding. My new MacBook is much better and it makes a big difference. 

 

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Side note: Your typing reminds me of a doctor who works with my dad, he signs all his emails with the letters after his name  (i.e. M.D), however because his university gave him an award with his doctorate, 'high distinction' he puts that after his name as well, 

 

so it would be after each email, 'Dr. RorzNZ M.D Bsc with Distinction'. Needless to say my dad and his other 50-year-old collegues who should know better have quite a laugh over such knobbyness. Never act too professional otherwise you may come off as a bit of a banker. 

So do you manage to get away with everything on your iPad pro, like word processing etc? As a side note, I've been writing too many correspondence letters recently so it's mainly been that format for the past few months, not out of the habit yet, but I do agree, a bit of a poncy way to end

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4 minutes ago, Jack S Holt said:

So do you manage to get away with everything on your iPad pro, like word processing etc? As a side note, I've been writing too many correspondence letters recently so it's mainly been that format for the past few months, not out of the habit yet, but I do agree, a bit of a poncy way to end

Everything apart from statistics with Excel. No regression equation or R^2 value. Bit of a deal breaker so I use my laptop for that. Notability is by far the best note-taking app.

[Jack S Holt]

24 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

Everything apart from statistics with Excel. No regression equation or R^2 value. Bit of a deal breaker so I use my laptop for that. Notability is by far the best note-taking app.

Oh whats notability? Never used it, I either use Google Keep or the Notes app.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Jack S Holt said:

Oh whats notability? Never used it, I either use Google Keep or the Notes app.

Its like OneNote but with Apple Pencil and recording support. It backs up to iCloud too.

 

Here is an example of it, you can choose colours as well but I'm quite boring. The pencil helps a lot, especially in Signal Transduction pathways. If I could only write neater. 

[Jack S Holt]

7 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

Its like OneNote but with Apple Pencil and recording support. It backs up to iCloud too.

 

Here is an example of it, you can choose colours as well but I'm quite boring. The pencil helps a lot, especially in Signal Transduction pathways. If I could only write neater. 

Nice, looks good but unfortunately don't use an iPad nor Apple Pencil, but if I ever do, sure will use it.