The REAL Steve Holt

Over the last few years I have had several discussions about PC v. Apple products so I thought I would just lay out my thoughts on the subject. To be honest these discussions usually end up as arguments since most pc people want to put down Apple products for various reasons, price, speed, can't program with them etc... So here is my two cents and an explanation as to why my brother says I'm an Apple nerd! 

PC Laptops:  I don't hate PC products, if that is what you prefer then go for it. Personally I don't like it when I have to work on my kids PC's. They bog down, they get blue screens, they do weird stuff. When this happens it's usually an all day affair of doing google searches as to why this PC is doing what it is doing and how to fix it, I don't have time to do that. When I'm working on my kids PC's the do not feel intuitive anymore, I know that is my problem! When I first got my macbook there was a learning curve until someone said to me, "When you get stuck on how to do something on a Mac just ask yourself, "If I had designed this macbook/OS how would I handle this problem?" Nine times out of ten I usually figure it out myself. I know some of you might say, "Well PC's do that also!", I just don't see it that way? Granted I'm not a techno geek so I have no need to do any programing, most programmers prefer PC's, but macs are adequate for what I need them for.  Maybe I've become blinded by the light!

Smart Phones:  I had owned Palm products for 15 years and the Palm stuff worked out fine until they started making shoddy products. It REALLY went downhill when HP bought them out. I went through countless years of having my Handspring Palm Pilot in one hand and a cell phone in the other. I was ecstatic when Palm merged the two devices and I had my first smart phone the Palm 700! I was completely content with this device and then Apple came out with this device called an ipod! It could hold 1000's of songs and once again I had two devices. Yet within several years Apple released the iphone and I was hooked and I have never been disappointed with any of their phones as I now have an iphone s. It's not that droids or Samsung Galaxy are bad, as a matter of fact I can't speak intelligently about them as I have never used them. I actually find the Galaxy somewhat intriguing... But it is not enough to pull me away from my iphone that, "HAS AN APP FOR THAT!" I use it as a GPS, to track my workouts, to lose 35lbs, check weather, update facebook and twitter, check for lower prices and other things. I'm sure your device does this also... but I like the intuitiveness of my iphone.

Price: I balked for a long time on the price of a macbook... but the mac I'm using to type this on is 6 years old and is still going strong, no need to replace just yet. I probably would have gone through 2 or 3 pc's by now. It has not slowed down either, so there is no need for a PC pitstop.

Service: I've never had trouble with Apple Genius's, yes they are Genius's! As a matter of fact sometimes they are generous even when your warranty has expired! I can go into my local Apple store and have my computer looked at by a Genius, I can make that reservation with my iphone by the way, yet if I want my kids pc laptops fixed I have to call the company. I then have to explain to them what is wrong, have them try to fix it over the phone and then inevitably send it back to them to fix. So I'm usually out of a computer for several weeks. Whereas at an Apple store I'm only out for a few days MAX!

Tablets: I own an original iPad and it is still going strong, whereas my 13 year old has a Nook color that is a year old. We have already had to have it replaced once and this weekend it started acting up again. Is my iPad superior? I'm not sure about that... But if Apple comes out with a smaller version around Christmas for the same price as a NOOK... I may be tempted to buy it from him. Why... because it is just more intuitive and dependable.

Bottom line... OK! I'm an apple geek, we all have our vices. As I was thinking through this post I realized that it's not just me... we have 12 Apple products in our family. WE ARE ALL GEEKS. Now... just leave my Apple vices alone and go back to your blue screen of death... Whoops that slipped!