Thanks buddy, watching it now...
Fuckin' hell these Apple folk are full of themselves...
I agree to a certain extent! In the end they're salesmen, and want us to love what they have, but some of the uber rah-rah stuff, ugh (Tim Cook clapping along with the audience when they announced the AppleWatch, I was reminded of all that communist party footage of everyone clapping together...)
One thing Apple has is a very loyal, avid following. The sheer amount of Apple sites that try to predict the next product is mind boggling. But it's funny, I see the very same behavior here on the board for things Fractal; we're happy and like to tell people...some take that as 'we're better!' when that's not what we mean.
IMO much of the praise is deserved, but I never felt the need to slap Apple stickers on everything in my life.
Chris: Your point is exactly right (and a huge reason why I gravitate towards Apple.) The
INTEGRATION of their products is huge. Music, networks, backup/recovery, even simple file transfers. For someone who has to be 'the techy guy' in the household, the simpler the better in that usually they can figure it out quickly, or remember easily if I show them... For instance, I used to have to juggle making sure 2 Windows boxes, the media server, the Linksys router talked to each other...and more often that not something would fail regularly. Once I drank the kool aid, I built an integrated extended network that I never have to pay attention to, backs up my boxes weekly, plays video's, music with 2 clicks, and it was stoopid simple to set up.
I think Samsung and Android platforms are great too, I just find that Apple's tight integration works better.
Okay, enough talking.