It's the Ecosystem. Period.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 10:54AM 
I’ve just completed one week using iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 6+ and OS X Yosemite on my late 2013 15” Retina MacBook Pro. I can sum up my experience with one sentence…
What a great time to be an Apple fan!
Like many of you, I spend a lot of time consuming Apple news, reviews, podcasts and the like. Maybe unlike many of you, I’m one of those guys who is unashamed to say “I drank the KoolAid”. By that I mean by any measure I am all-in when it comes to Apple hardware and software. I use AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express routers exclusively for my home network. I regularly use my iPad Air for consuming content and some light creation. I listen to my iPod Nano while working out or going for my daily walk. As mentioned, I have a new iPhone 6+, but I’ve owned an iPhone since standing in line for the original at my local Apple store in late June of 2007. I’m on my third MacBook Pro since 2006 and I’m typing this post on my late 2009 27” iMac and iPad Air using the newest version of Pages. I organize and edit my photos with Aperture and record and mix the MacTexan Podcast with Logic Pro. There’s an AppleTV hooked up to all three TVs in our home that share content with every Mac and iOS device we own. All three of my daughters and one son-in-law are also exclusive Apple users in no small part due to getting my hand-me-downs and receiving Apple products as gifts for Christmas, birthdays, graduations, etc. We regularly use FaceTime and iMessage to communicate and have since its introduction. I’m also a registered Mac and iOS developer (mainly to get beta versions of Apple software, but I do like to play “Code Monkey” from time to time). Yep. Any way you slice me you come up with Apples.
