Opinion About Tech and Art
by Tom Fitz
Artwork by Tom Fitz at TomFitzgibbon.com
Apple Faces Worst iPhone Slump - post - Apr 2024
Four Big Tax Myths on TicTok - post - Apr 2024
iPhone Shipments in China Fell 33% in February -post- Mar 2024
Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In -post- Mar 2024
Nvidia and Crypto Bubble? -post- Mar 2024
Apple Is In Talks to Use Google Gemini for iPhone AI Features -post- Mar 2024
Apple Stock Gloom Deepens - post - Mar 2024
Apple’s iPhone Woes in China Deepen With a 24% Sales Plunge -post- Mar 2024
Arizona Republicans Want to Give Citizens License to Shoot Migrants -post- Mar 2024
Apple About to Be Sued by DOJ Antitrust -post- Feb 2024
How a Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin's Anonymity -post- Jan 2024
Apple’s reliance on a single popular device, the iPhone, is a persistent investor concern. -post- Jan 2024
Apple to Sell Watches Without Oxygen Feature After Legal Setback -post- Jan 2024
Raspberry Pi 5 Really Works as well as a PC -post- Jan 2024
Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find -post- Jan 2024
IPhone Sales in China to Fall Double Digits, Jefferies Says -post- Jan 2024
Wall Street’s Optimism For Apple Drops -post- Jan 2024
China Bans iPhones in Government and State Companies -post- Dec 2023
AI Will Be Alien to Us Because AI is Not Human Intelligence. Cpt. Obvious - Dec 2023
Apple Revealed That Overall Sales Fell for the Fourth Quarter in a Row -post- Nov 2023
Data from GfK and IDC show iPhone down as much as 6% in China -post- Oct 2023
The Patent Fight That Could Take Apple Watches Off the Market - post - Oct 2023
Apple Investors Face $340 Billion Hole as Woes Mount -post- Oct 2023
Raspberry Pi 5 Great Desktop or Laptop for $60 -post- Oct 2023
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen ‘significantly’ -post- Oct 2023
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Users Complain That Device Can Get Too Hot -post- Sep 2023
Imperial vs Metric in the US - post -
USB-C iPhone 15 Makes Wired CarPlay a Confusing Mess - post - Sep 2023
MacBook users are still stuck with Apple Inc.’s dated (and usually dumbfounded) virtual assistant Siri. - post - Aug 2023
Battery Health Problems Reported by iPhone14, iPhone 14 Pro Buyers - post - Aug 2023
Crypto Crash wiped out $1 Trillion in One Day - post - Aug 2023
Apple Won't Repair HomePods - post - Aug 2023
59 Hilariously Infuriating Examples of User Interface - post - Jul 2023
iQuit: My Hellish Attempt to Leave Apple's Walled Garden - post - Jul 2023
GM is ditching Carplay in all future EVs and teaming up with Google instead - post - Mar 2023
Apple’s 40% Plunge in PC Shipments Is Steepest Among Major Computer Makers - post - Apr 2023
Tech Rally Faces a Reckoning Ahead of Tough Earnings Season - post - Apr 2023
Walmart is Having a Huge Apple Watch Blowout - post - Apr 2023
Tom's Guide Best Picks for Apple Airpod Alternatives - post - Mar 2023
Apple Performance Hilarity - post- Jan 2023
Tesla Does Not support CarPlay - post - Nov 2022
New Sculptor David Smith Biography Artnews - post - Oct 2022
Is Windows or MacOS Better? Windows! - post - Nov 2022
Apple's App Store Battle Royale - post - Dec 2022
Apple's new car software could be a trojan horse into the automotive industry - post - Jul 2022
Why Apple Shouldn't Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone - post - Jun 2022
Why It's bad for the market when Apple Drops - post - May 2022
Linux is the Best Desktop - post - April 2022
3G is Shutting Down - post - April 2022
Macs are still behind the curve when it comes to VR - post - February 2022
Opinion: Don’t buy a Mac anymore
May 17, 2019
If you want a powerful machine for video/photo editing, virtual reality, games, etc. switch to a PC.
With a PC typically you can get at least 3x-5x times the bang for the buck. And Windows 10 is good at this point.
How to switch to a PC
1) Get a gamer PC for $1000-$1500. This is equivalent to the powerful Macs a much lower price.
Plus your PC runs a lot more software than the Mac. For lower end example see:
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-i5675-7806BLU-PUS-Inspiron-Desktop-i7-8700/dp/B079HWQFHS.
2) Get a new keyboard and mouse ($25) for the PC.
3) Use your same hi-res displays (HDMI), USB/flash/DVD drives and many software licenses.
4) Command-C copy becomes Control-C, etc.
5) Use Microsoft’s anti-virus, don’t buy more AVs. Use Microsoft firewall.
6) Use Google for email, wordprocessing, calendar, spreadsheet, powerpoint, etc.
7) Screen Capture: use Windows-PrtScrn, don’t use Command-Shift-4.
8) Use Paint in Windows for simple/quick editing.
9) Don’t look back.