Gene51 wrote:
Wide color gamut, consistent with Adobe RGB is currently only possible on Windows with Photoshop. Critical color work in corporate graphics departments is mostly done on Windows. . . . . .
Yep, if you care about any professional functionality like this, Apple has pretty much decided that you need to use Windows. Yes, if you search hard enough and pay enough money you can probably find a solution. But next week it will probably not be supported or available. Or, Apple will kill it off with no forethought what-so-ever.
Apple apparently does not care about anything with regard to users except the bog standard stuff a teenager does, which is roughly web browsing, iTunes/music subscriptions, light document editing, social sharing, tweeting, reddit'ing, snap chatting, social causes, etc. Now, this works for a lot of people so they are profitable and able to spend a lot of money on marketing. But that profitability is based on an image of technical leadership that is no longer supported by their actions or their hardware. The stuff a typical teenager needs in a computer or phone does not require a lot of technology and Apple does not provide it.
For a long time Apple was a technology leader and the set the market standard even if they were not the most popular, but that ended with the onset of Jobs' health problems and the success of the iPhone. Today they are just milking the cow, so to speak. Jobs wanted the best products possible, Cook, the current CEO (who was the CFO), wants the most money possible. They still make a good iPhone (but it has not been a technology leader for several years, since they started having to play catchup with Samsung). They have become a two product company; iPhone and macOS on below average hardware. macOS is an excellent product (IMO the best OS for the desktop bar none), but getting worse with each passing year, due to neglect and the lack of understanding that it was key to what made Apple for a long time. Windows is a terrible product getting better with each passing year.
Most current Mac hardware has a 1 or 2 repairability rating from MacFixit on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. When Apple products fail or are obsolete (about 3 years now, because Apple will make new software that does not work on your old hardware), your only choice is to throw them away and buy new. This is how Apple is able to put billions into offshore accounts.
Most people do not realize that SSD drives have a limited life. In general terms, each storage cell in the SSD can be written to about ~1000 times, then that cell is no longer usable. The OS uses software to manage this and move stuff around to average out the decay, but from day 1 your SSD is reducing the amount of real storage available. The OS will always report the full size, but your SSD is slowly degrading. For a lot of people this is no big deal, because when it fails you can simply replace it just like you did with the old Hard Drive. But with Apple products the SSD are increasing soldered in and only replaceable by Apple at Apple product and service rates (not cheap), so if you do buy an Apple product and want it to last 5 or 10 years with any significant usage buy the largest SSD available. Apple does NOT want you or them to repair their products. Of course, Apple knows this and is quite happy to overcharge you for the original larger SSD (between 1.5 and 2 times the non-Apple costs). Its either that or buy a new computer, because that will be cheaper than the upgrade to the SSD when considering the software obsolescence built in by Apple. They've got you. That is the new Apple. No choice, no options, just spend, spend, spend if you have problems.