How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
My main computer is a five year old 17&quot; MBP. I&#x27;ve upgraded it to the max and done repairs to maintain it. I need the computational power - I use it for programming, photo editing at scale, and recording&#x2F;mixing music.<p>It would cost me $3000 to replace it with a computer that is not significantly more powerful, has a smaller screen and less I&#x2F;O functionality, and would be incompatible with my audio interface unless I daisy-chain multiple adapters to get Firewire. Fuck that, as long as possible.<p>This week, my mother&#x27;s crappy Windows computer died, and I bought her a Chromebook. It was great! I&#x27;m now seriously considering getting a Chromebook for myself for day-to-day web browsing and such, and retiring the MBP to music and photos only. If I can figure out how to run Vagrant on one, I&#x27;ll probably switch for development, too (or maybe I&#x27;ll just start paying for a cloud-based dev environment).<p>Meanwhile, I keep having computer envy for a friend&#x27;s MS Surface Pro. It&#x27;s the first time I&#x27;ve <i>ever</i> looked longingly from a MacBook to a Windows machine! But frankly, it does things my Mac doesn&#x27;t do, and the build quality is on par.<p>Someone please tell Apple than when you need to hold a press conference to convince people you&#x27;re committed to your product, you&#x27;re not committed to your product.