“It’s the same RAM, same motherboard, same CPU, and same video cards. You can usually buy superior parts than Apple’s parts and it’s cheaper. Hell, even the laptop motherboards are just the same Foxcon motherboards you’ll find in any one of a dozen manufactures laptops.”

That was a pretty sensible onslaught, actually...

The specs alone don’t tell the whole story. Because support for the hardware is blessed by Apple, compatibility and performance last much longer. It is very common to see 2012, 2010, or even 2009 Macs still cranking in production settings. How many decade+ old Windows machines do you see out there?

“Win+E for new Explorer window.”

“I’ve used column view, it’s no easier to navigate than Windows since they added the back button to explorer windows a long time ago.”

“Not really though? They’re pretty much exactly the same. Files are in folders that are in a nested structure.”

Yes, the CC apps do work pretty much the same (arguably a little better on Windows in some circumstances). The key is everything else you do on the computer related to your production workflow. Just navigating files and folders is infinitely easier on a Mac. Once you add in the nightmare of updates that you constantly…

Agreed. The last-gen 17-inch MacBook Pro (from around 2012) was the last all-around great Apple machine. Everything was still upgradeable, and if you ever open one up, you’ll see an absolute masterpiece of Jonny Ive engineering. It’s really a shame most people don’t get to see the guts of these!

This has indeed been Apple’s game for decades, and it’s infuriating, especially as they progressively remove user accessibility from their machines.

1. It’s not low risk.

Seems likely, but the real question in my mind is have they not been able to ramp it up, or have they not tried to ramp it up?

Which comes back to them not being willing to spend money to accommodate the need, nor enlist the production help of other companies, and the need for them to be “pushed” a little.

Seems like they could at least use the same material non-disinfecting wipes use. IMO, the most important part is the “juice”, not the precise quality of the wipes that deliver it. I mean, for most uses, the strength of those wipes is waaaaaaaay overkill. For that matter, they could just sell bottles of the stuff and…

No, it’s them getting away with what they can.

Is there any information out there on how much they’ve done to increase production capacity? Because my guess is zero. Increasing capacity to meet the current demand would cost them a bunch of money, they’re already selling every wipe they have, which is probably more than they had previously planned on, and when this…

Last I checked, this is a free country and ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do with my onions! ‘Merica!

A digital painter is a role in the animation industry, coloring in frames of animated characters or making backgrounds. It is NOT painting walls, houses, objects, or canvases.

Amazon does have us over the barrel in so many areas, and most alternatives are evil too, which means that any attempts to place our dollars on solid ethical ground pretty much only cause problems for ourselves. Unfortunately, the “people reigning in the company with their choices” boat sailed a long time ago. The…

Most of these types of articles are kind of useless, but this one is a great question and a great rationale. Thanks!