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Would you prefer to use MAC or PC for RailPro? (POLL)
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: nodcc4me on October 24, 2017, 07:32:39 AM ---I'll stick with Windows. I bought an iPad Mini to do Face Time with my grandson. Other than that, this tablet is buggy and exudes Apple's proprietary garbage. Also, their prices are off the chart. $1000 for the new iPhone 8 is absurd. Although I have heard many positive comments about Apple PCs, I have never tried one, and probably never will.
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Don't confuse my admiration for OS as applying to iOS as well. I have my Mac, my iPad, a company iPad, and an iPhone. While I wouldn't trade my Mac for anything I routinely want to through my iPhone and iPad out of the window of the nearest tallest building.
Alan:
Apple makes decent consumer oriented devices all-in-all. The turn it on and it just works crowd gravitate to them. Not to say a Windows or Android device isn't turn it on it works. Just that Apple, with their closed ecosystem, has much tighter control and thus better ability to make sure the "it just works" part stays in place. For instance, look at the app submission requirements difference between Apple and Google. Worlds apart. Apple has an extensive list of requirements and one dare not deviate from them if you want your app published. Google, on the other hand, is pretty much anything goes. Unfortunately, the price Apple owners pay for "it just works" is generally a much higher initial purchase price and somewhat fewer software titles to select from. RP being one example. For the person who has zero interest in 'learning' a device and would rather simply 'use' a device Apple is the way to fly. The vast majority of consumers fall into the 'use it' category and thus why Apple is a good choice.
Consumer devices is Apple's playground. When it comes to heavy iron - servers, render farms, enterprise, etc. - Apple is a no-show with less than 1% of the market. Windows dominates and the rest is Linux. That alone deflates the argument that Windows is an inferior operating system. An awful lot of Windows bashing is not truly the fault of Windows. Much like a locomotive, the man on the throttle plays a big role in how well the machine does the job.
CampbellRice:
Don't know if it's possible or if it would even be considered but a RailPro phone app would be awesome. Not sure how you would get the radio to work.
Ken Z:
I do most of my work on a MAC however the CI-1 is being used on a laptop. As a note, I received the CI-1 and LM-3S recently and plugged it into an S scale Switcher. I had some "confusion"getting the correct software loaded but once I got that straight the engine run right away. While I have not gone deep into all the details, the engine runs great on Rail Pro, the load application is really fun. I brought it to a show, set the engine on the rails adjusted the rail voltage to the 14 volt range and the engine worked just like that. Frankly, I am suspicious.... anything electronic should not be this simple. S Scale model railroaders are not accustomed to anything being simple. Ken Zieska
TwinStar:
Welcome to the easy life Ken! I've had RP for over three years now and love every minute of it.
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