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Tafkam Hokie
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I actually did have a Mac Mini years ago and gave up on it

My observation is it was every bit as glitchy and finnicky and needed weird updates, reboots, and tiny configuration updates to do every little thing exactly like a Windows PC does. The only difference is when I had trouble with a Windows PC, I knew no less than six people who worked in IT and could solve any possible problem who could help me. With the Mac, all they knew to tell me was to try google or online forums. That was my first, last, and only experience with a Mac computer. It also helps that every work computer I've ever had has been a Windows machine, so I already have the knowledge base of how to use those. If I had a Mac at home, I'd have to switch back and forth between the two ecosystems literally every day. No thank you. But I really had higher hopes the iphone wouldn't be this twitchy. I can honestly say android phones over the years have developed their glitches and irritating quirks for me, but I've never fully bricked a phone until now.
Posted: 07/06/2026 at 04:51 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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I thought Apple products "just worked"
Tafkam Hokie 07/06/26 02:34 PM ET
I just retired my 8 year old Andoid Samsung
VaTechie 07/06/26 08:46 PM ET
Take the battery out and reinstall it.**
IB4TECH 07/06/26 05:26 PM ET
Did you download the Apple Music app on your PC, then upload the music...
EDGEMAN 07/06/26 04:44 PM ET
I actually did have a Mac Mini years ago and gave up on it
Tafkam Hokie 07/06/26 04:51 PM ET
Over the last 15 months, I've had zero issues with my Mac Mini. Zero.
EDGEMAN 07/06/26 04:57 PM ET
If Best Buy can't do it, how about taking it to an Apple Store?**
EDGEMAN 07/06/26 03:54 PM ET
closest one is 2+ hours away**
Tafkam Hokie 07/06/26 04:09 PM ET
Nah....apple products are no better. Never have been, really
JoesterVT 07/06/26 03:15 PM ET
Agry.... I absolutely LOVED my Windows phone. I was highly disappointed
Hokie CPA 07/06/26 03:26 PM ET
You haven't bought a Mac? How about the hookers and blow?**
RhinoVT 07/06/26 02:59 PM ET
I hate IOS/Apple products. Only Android devices for me...
MP4VT2004 07/06/26 02:54 PM ET
I always preferred android because I'm cheap
Tafkam Hokie 07/06/26 03:03 PM ET
Same. I also just bought a new HP laptop and, while setting it up, my
Hokie CPA 07/06/26 03:32 PM ET
I see Microsoft copied Apple with that feature...lol**
EDGEMAN 07/06/26 04:46 PM ET
My last laptop did the same thing 6 years ago...
Hokie CPA 07/06/26 04:54 PM ET
Had an iPhone at work. Never again **
TomTurkey 07/06/26 02:50 PM ET