From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-17 10:55, Tom Elam wrote:   
   > On 2/15/26 6:08 PM, pothead wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-15, Tom Elam  wrote:   
   >>> The two longest lasting phones I have owned were a Blackberry at about 5   
   >>> years and an iPhone 14 Pro at 3+ years. In between a series of Android   
   >>> phones. The 14 Pro will do for at least another 1-2 years. The wife has   
   >>> an iPhone 14, same story.   
   >>>   
   >>> Android tablets were tried for something like 10 years. All were   
   >>> disappointing. Slow, limited updates, and clunky OS. My iPad experience   
   >>> has been the exact opposite. Frequent updates, plenty fast, and   
   >>> consistent OS. The current oldest is Gen 7, 6 years old, and running   
   >>> great with a fully patched OS. None of my Samsung tablets came even   
   >>> close.   
   >>>   
   >>> IMHO Apple deserves the price premium. Good hardware, incredible   
   >>> support, durable. No regrets.   
   >>   
   >> I agree completely with your assessment of your Apple devices. I too had   
   >> a Blackberry and at the time I enjoyed using it and it did last a long   
   >> time   
   >> despite the abuse from me.   
   >> I also have had several Android devices from Motorola, Samsung and LG.   
   >> Mostly   
   >> top tier devices for the most part.   
   >> They have never been as smooth as my iPhones which I have been using   
   >> since one of   
   >> the early models. I currently have an iPhone 14 as well.   
   >> One of my biggest complaints with Android has been the massive amount   
   >> of bloatware   
   >> that they come with. Apps from the manufacturer as well as the   
   >> carrier. And some   
   >> can be a PITA to remove.   
   >> I've never used an Apple or Android tablet so I can't comment on that.   
   >> My only complaint with the iPhone and Apple was iTunes as I don't use   
   >> a desktop   
   >> Mac so it was quite clunky to me. Android was better in that regard   
   >> because it   
   >> was seen from the PC as just another file system. To me that is logical.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Yesterday I took the next step and bought a MacBook Air. Probably just   
   > before the next update, but what the heck. Got almost everything up and   
   > running except 2 standalone utilites that are Windows-only. A few years   
   > back the poor state of Quicken and an M1 MacBook Pro that failed to boot   
   > 13 days after purchase derailed the process. Quicken has been updated   
   > and now works OK. I have two Windows 11 machines around that can run   
   > those utilities. This is being sent on the Air/Thunderbird.   
   >   
   > Still a few kinks to work out, thanks to Google and YouTube I'm   
   > confident I'll not be needing Parallels.   
   Do yourself a favour. Set up the Windows machine for remote access using   
   the "Windows" application you can get from the App Store.   
      
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