Haha nice try

Apple has become an alternative source of personal computing hardware and software. The looks of the Apple headquarter in Cupertino/California resemble the standing of a highly-valued PC company in the world. Apple has learned well, stayed on the edge and is also benefiting from the mistakes of Microsoft, that made people look elsewhere.

But from an IT support, TCO and freedom perspective, is it really a better option? Do they require less time to maintain? Are the devices more cost-efficient? Are the licenses cheaper? Do you have more freedom to use the devices in any way you like? Are they easier to repair? Are compatible spare parts available from multiple vendors? Can an average IT support guy repair these devices?

People believe to be able to flee Windows, but fall into the next proprietary commerce exploiter trap!

There is not less time needed to maintain, troubleshoot and fix software issues - if Apple has built in an option for you to click at all. The devices certainly cost more. Their own hardware line M1, M2 etc. cannot defy physics like nobody else can. It looks like a creative freethinker's paradise, but the options are limited in favor of a false sense of user-friendliness. The path is planned ahead for you. Apple charges for everything it can somehow justify to take money for. It is more locked down as a Windows machine. The tools needed to open and do maintenance on laptops are several suitcases of patented tools. Apple accepts to be incompatible in software and hardware whereever it believes it can get away with it. The amount of telemetry is in the same class as that of Microsoft. Madness!

Consider looking further ahead to manufacturers like System76, Librem, Framework Laptop, MNT Reform and several others that are there, if you look for them.

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