Originally Posted by Nick1994
Originally Posted by dinofish
I prefer desktop. I can focus better in a desktop than with mobile devices. Besides, desktops last longer than mobile devices. This current HP with Windows 7 is eight years old and still as fast as the first day.
I suppose this isn't complete without saying which OS I prefer as well. Windows. I prefer Windows. That is because I find Apple slows down their devices AND desktops/laptops with time. That's what happens when hardware and software is manufactured/built by the same company. Microsoft does not engage in this type of nonsense. At least, not yet.
Apple doesn't build their hardware. My MacBook had, if I remember correctly, a Western Digital hard drive before I put in an SSD. It's from 2009, works great, not slowed down.
Apple did that once with their iPhones and they got caught, you can believe they won't do it again after the uproar they got last time.
What I meant was they sell assembled hardware, even if parts are purchased from someone else. There is much more of an incentive for Apple to keep customers upgrading their devices/laptops/desktops, etc.
Re slowing down, Apple still do that with their phones. It is now officially part of their 'Battery Health' setting. Every phone will get slowed down. Even the latest iPhone 11 Pro Max will get slowed down. It is now a feature. They now deem is officially necessary as part of battery aging, which I call B.S. But even before this slowing down feature, I noticed iPhone and iPad being slowed down with each update. People upgrade for better performance and if you mess with performance, you will get more customers wanting to upgrade for better performance, at least for the short term. When Apple was slowing down people's phones for over a year without telling anyone, even their genius employees, their iPhone sales were going downward. Coincidence? I think not. Sorry, I just don't trust Apple.