Switching to the Mac Studio or not? Part 3 - the decision

Dear ,

It is indeed true that peripherals do not work well with Apple and Apple has made many of them almost resemble all other computers in their use because that was quite a thing but let's be honest , you do not buy an Apple product to make it work with other peripherals , you are not going to expect that if you buy a Porche , it would drive the same if you put a Fiat engine in it , so those are literally comparing apples with pears but also strange , whoever buys Apple must take everything from that brand to make it work flawlessly .
We namely forget the most important thing Apple was ever designed for and that is indeed , the professional career, so I as an Apple user for years would not even think of buying, let alone consider buying, equipment that does not bear the Apple name , I understand the investment but once set up there is no better system that also lasts for jaaaaaren.
Just switch over with the whole shebang and you will see for yourself that what I am telling you here is true.

Kind regards

Jacqueline Boekelman

After several crashes with Windows and the loss of a lot of data, I switched to Apple a few years ago. I should have done that much earlier. What a relief! We spend a lot of money on photography equipment but preferably less on computers. Incidentally, I doubt that you end up paying much more with Apple. In addition, you're rid of the hassle with third-party brands.

Greetings and have a nice day everyone.
Peter van Dinther

The argument that Apple products would be expensive has, in my opinion, already been refuted in an earlier part. You pay a bit more when purchasing, but in return you get high quality and a long lifespan. My iMac is now 12 years old and still runs all apps smoothly, including those from companies other than Apple. Just not the latest versions anymore. But honestly, do you really need Microsoft 365 at home if the Office version from 2019 still works well?

I have an HP printer, 2 Synology NAS devices that work excellently with the iMac (and MacBook Air from 2018). An LG monitor since recently. No problem choosing the right settings.

A good argument against an Apple could be that it is virtually impossible to make adjustments to the system afterwards.

Finally, I think a kind of fear also plays a role when you are faced with the choice of staying with Windows or switching to macOS. After all, you are used to Windows and then you have to learn a new operating system. That will be a different experience for everyone who makes the switch. My experience: macOS is logically structured. Settings are very easy to find. And everything always works, apart from a very rare exception. I never had those experiences with Windows.
To each their own, then

I missed the first two episodes, but pretty much everything is in here.
Apple makes beautiful stuff, but if you already have an (expensive and extensive) set of stuff standing there, (your NAS, your screen) it's not really a difficult choice, whatever the Apple fans may think of it. It simply becomes too expensive, too disruptive and also too difficult.
I took my first PC steps on an Apple myself (1998), when USB was still in its infancy, and most printers still required such a parallel port, that Apple had to have 'scusi', really convenient. The Epson I bought back then had that, plus (hooray!) USB. So when I could switch to a Windows machine a short time later, that printer remained usable. But an example from my own experience, admittedly a lifetime ago, but I know there are still those incompatible things.
If you're starting from scratch, such an M1 Mac is wonderful.

@ Nando. I don't recognize myself in that at all. I work with Epson, Canon printers and other hardware such as hard drives, fine never any problems. If you don't work with Apple how can you know if there is hassle with third-party brands? But yeah, I don't need to convince you. Just keep happily working with Windows...