XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-03-09 10:59, Alan Browne wrote:   
   > On 2023-03-09 13:12, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >> On 2023-03-09, Bob Campbell  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Since 8 of the top 10 selling phones last year were iPhones, I would   
   >>> say that Apple is on the right track with this.   
   >>   
   >> They also fail to understand that Apple's products appeal to people who   
   >> *are* technically proficient for the exact same reason - many   
   >> professionals want a product that they *don't* have to hack and fiddle   
   >> with just to get shit done, because they do enough of that at work, and   
   >> just want their device to stay out of their way at the end of the day.   
   >   
   > As I've mentioned in the past, the only important computers I have are   
   > the one at home and the ones at work.  These are the assets that "do   
   > work" and need to be perforamant[1], reliable, measurable (within   
   > reason), backed up and backed up and backed up.   
   >   
   > Phones, iPads, Watch, AppleTV ... are appliances.  Get them to do the   
   > needed tasks and the rest is clutter.   
   >   
   > [1] If that's a word.   
      
   I think you misspelled it...   
      
   ...but:   
      
   performant | pəˈfɔːmənt |   
      
   adjective mainly Computing   
      
   functioning well or as expected: a highly performant database which is   
   easy to use.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)