Anyone else gone all Apple?

[Pliablemoose]

I just gave in, tired of updating my rom(s) etc, and have gone all Apple.

Just got an iP4 (used) and activated it on Verizon to replace my ThunderBolt. I think the radios, battery life and switching finally got to me with the ThunderBolt, I'd get on an elevator or a no reception area and the radios wouldn't sync up and the hand offs between 3G and LTE are horrible. I can see a next gen LTE device. Constantly charging the TB was a pita, and I had/have an extended battery too, turned it into a flipping brick.

iPad 2 mostly for traveling & NetFlix

MacBook Air 13" current gen for computing.

I might put together another HTPC using Windows 7 & Windows Media Center, but my last one was getting so irritatingly laggy, I'm not particularly excited about the idea.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I'm the exact opposite, 100% Windows and Android.

Samsung Captivate (Will be replaced by Galaxy Nexus)

Lenovo ThinkPad x220 upgraded with Intel 320 series 120gb SSD for working on the go.

Custom built desktop with triple displays and dual SSDs for work and play at home.

Nook Color for surfing on the couch.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Whoops, forgot the nook color I have, and I have a Kindle Touch and Fire pre ordered too...

 

[Red Storm]

I will be going pure Android in about a month.

 

[pm]

I have only used iPhones for smartphones, but aside from that, I'm a Windows guy and I can't ever imagine switching to Macs. I'd switch to Ubuntu before I'd go to Macs.

 

[JD50]

Whoops, forgot the nook color I have, and I have a Kindle Touch and Fire pre ordered too...

So you're kinda like a vegetarian that still eats fish and chicken...

 

[BornStar]

I'm all Windows with a HTC HD7 and three Windows 7 computers, one of which is a HTPC running 7MC. I'm all over a Transformer running Windows 8 when it comes out.

My wife, on the other hand, has an iPod Nano and a iPad.

 

[alent1234]

going that way

still remember when i had my inspire it said DLNA on the box. took me an hour of looking for apps to make use of it and stream youtube to my PS3. it was a lot easier streaming from my lenovo

2 iphones, ipad 2, looking to buy apple TV later this year and probably a macbook air as well

nothing against windows, but OS X is growing at double digit rates every year and gotta go with the herd

 

[Bateluer]

No, I own an MBA, but there's no way I could switch to Mac for my computing needs. I enjoy games still. There's also no way I could switch to an iPhone because I like my larger screen on the Tbolt. Mine just has the standard battery, but it hits ~20 hours pretty consistently on 3G. Plenty of time for 99% of the time. I'm salivating over the Gnex.

 

[Bateluer]

nothing against windows, but OS X is growing at double digit rates every year and gotta go with the herd

You have a link to that? Last data I saw had OSX pretty flat with single digit market share.

 

[poofyhairguy]

A year ago I was. Macbook, iPhone and OSX desktop. But this year I am switching away from it all (except the desktop).

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

what's a mac?

 

[badb0y]

My desktop is and always will be Windows. I like to play a lot of games and almost all the games come out for Windows. I also like to mess around with my components and I change up hardware almost every year to Macs are out of the option for me.

My laptop is an HP Envy 14 but I really wanted a MBP. I just couldn't justify the price and caved for the Envy line since it had a similar body style.

As for my mobile devices they are the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Unlike my desktop, I just can't be bothered with tinkering my phone/tablet and I just want something that works well. I had an Atrix so I know how Android platform is like. I don't want to offend anyone but until now I felt like with Android you would HAVE to tinker with it to make it work well or the way you expected it to work as with the iPhone it's like you turn it on and go. I think Google is addressing this issue with ICS so I will wait and see how things pan out before I make judgements. I will probably end up with an Android device running ICS around June/July just to play around with it and see for myself how it is.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Well I've had lots of ipods and recently an ipad 2, but my new phone is a droid bionic. I wasn't sure I liked the bionic until I rooted it and installed the latest Unl3ash3d rom. It's pretty satisfactory now. Battery life is much improved, if still poor by the standards of my previous non-smartphone devices. It does get slightly better battery life than any iphone I've seen, while having a a larger screen and more flexibility.

I'm also exceedingly happy with my ipad 2; enough to wait until I've seen the ipad 3 before I buy my next tablet at least. I really don't see any advantage in going "all apple" though. The iphone doesn't have better battery life than most other smartphones. It doesn't have a hardware advantage, even counting the 4s. I'm not giving up my PC because I like to build my own gaming machines and use them as console/HTPCs. My sandybridge HTPC is really fast. I can't imagine a mac filling it's role any better for my uses.

 

[Pliablemoose]

You have a link to that? Last data I saw had OSX pretty flat with single digit market share.

Yep, you're about right...

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/27/chitika-mac-os-x-market-share-jumps-in-september/

 

[Bateluer]

Yep, you're about right...

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/27/chitika-mac-os-x-market-share-jumps-in-september/

I was slightly wrong, they don't have single digit market share. They're at 10.6%. Probably from Lion.

 

[foghorn67]

I thought about getting the MacBook Pro long and hard, but I think I'm going to get the ThinkPad x220 instead.
I'm up in the air on tablets though.
My iphone will be replaced by a GN or DR next spring, when IT starts supporting something else.

 

[runawayprisoner]

I have an MBA, and an iPhone 4 as my main workhorses.

But I still have a Nokia Booklet and a Nokia 6500 Classic for ultra light travel. Like when I need to survive in a jungle 300 miles from the closest civilization and without many means to have a stable electric supply (save for solar and manual labor) for probably as low as 4 weeks.

Okay, I exaggerated, but seriously, there are times when I travel like that for at least a week long, and the Booklet is a life saver. It lasts ridiculous long on battery for being such a small and thin device. Plus there is no fan or any moving part for that matter, so dust and heat are no problem at all. I'd seriously think this thing should be standard-issue!

 

[Dominato3r]

I'm seriously considering an MBA but am primarily a Windows guy. In terms of mobile phones I'm open to iOS, Android and WP7

 

[Zaap]

Isn't all of one thing or another slightly boring?

No matter how good something is, it can get boring after awhile.

I enjoy going back and forth from OSX to Windows. My desktops are mainly booted into OSX, but I often boot Windows as well.

My household HTPCs run Windows 7 full time. My server runs Linux.

I enjoy using my iPod Touch (have several) but an iPhone would bore me because it's the same interface, so I prefer Android. (Plus I like a larger screen, removable battery, SD slot, etc.)

I use a tablet PC to draw with- Windows 7. I wouldn't mind having an iPad2, just I couldn't really use it for drawing/animation. (My only real need for a tablet). I'm curious about the Kindle Fire just for more of a reading/surfing tablet.

Variety. Spice of life.

 

[jpeyton]

Android phone/tablet, Windows laptop/desktop

 

[J-Money]

I'm the exact opposite, 100% Windows and Android.

Samsung Captivate (Will be replaced by Galaxy Nexus)

Lenovo ThinkPad x220 upgraded with Intel 320 series 120gb SSD for working on the go.

Custom built desktop with triple displays and dual SSDs for work and play at home.

Nook Color for surfing on the couch.

This.

Nexus S
Custom desktop (Windows 7)
2 laptops (Windows 7)

 

[vshah]

I might put together another HTPC using Windows 7 & Windows Media Center, but my last one was getting so irritatingly laggy, I'm not particularly excited about the idea.

No. Use XBMC.

 

[cronos]

I've got a pretty good mix of all of them. Windows desktops, Macbook Pro, Ubuntu netbook. Android and Blackberry phones, iPod Touch, and an HP Touchpad.

It is likely that my next phone would be a WP, which will complete my collection.

 

[pantsaregood]

Xbox 360 Premium from 2006.
Multiple PCs runing Windows 7.
HTC HD7 running Windows Phone 7.5.

Yeah, I'd say I'm quite happy with my decision to not pay $500+ extra for Apple products.