Originally posted by SSGGeezer All in ones are also hard to work on so people will buy Apple Care contracts, and forget about upgrades!. Macs have some amazing monitors available but there are monitors for any computer that are just as good, you just have to look harder and avoid the office supply stores when shopping.
That's your opinion SSGeezer. But, it's sadly uniformed. The design philosophy Apple went to was formed after noting, motherboard level repairs are rarely successful. It's really stupid to put a new graphics card into a 4 year old computer. It's much better to use current technology with current technology. They are actually designed for each other. There is so much you don't understand about the user feedback, history and reasons for the way Apple does things it does...
I've started building PCs in 94 so don't think you know something I don't. I was working in a computer store when the first PC hit the market. I was involved in discussions on Ars Tecgnica for years. Every company wants to make money, not just Apple, do you honestly think the companies that sell you your components are running those companies as a hobby? If wanting to make money is a crime, everyone is guilty of it. Not just Apple. Apple is better at it. This endless PC nonsense implying Apple users are some kind of un-informed cult who don't know as much as they do, is just insulting. I understand Apple, I understand that I may pay a bit more for Apple product, but I also understand what I'm paying for. Apparently you don't. Personally, its a straight up decision for me.. I know what PCs offer, I know what Apple offers, I chose Apple. Please don't continue with your ignorant theme that seems to be "I'm better than Apple users because I know more than they do." Many of them know everything you do and more, and still chose Apple. The question is "What do they know that you don't?"
Anyway back to the topic at hand.
I probably shoot pictures of 50-60 photographers a year. Here's a few of this years crop.
It's getting close to a year now since I saw this guy, brand new K1, 15-30 and 150-450. No other Pentax gear, so clearly new to the brand.
It's getting close to a year since I met him, and forum member Knock booked a trip with us, in part because he's seen my work on the forum and also shoots Petax, so I'm not sure if that counts as a Pentax spotted in the wild. Here he is with his K-70.
So the year end tally is 2 out of 50 or 60. That's actually a pretty good year... some years I don't see any. Right now with my daughter-in-law staying with us for a few weeks (or months) while my step son sells his house, she has my old K-x, so there are three different Pentax shooters in the house at the moment. Of course all the cameras are cameras I paid for, but hey...
I am starting to wonder how long it will take to see one this year. It's not really very predictable when you might see one. Every time I go to the park I know I'm going to see Canons and Nikons, often the same guys over and over, and there is definitely getting to be the occasional Sony. Pentax shooters remain a once or twice a year thing, and not every year.