The Experiment: A Deep Dive into Apple's Ecosystem

As I began this experiment, I was excited to see how Apple's latest devices would perform on their own and when integrated with each other. The iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro are all four years old, five years old, and seven years old, respectively, which raised questions about whether they would still be capable of delivering a smooth user experience.

To my surprise, the iPhone performed surprisingly well around 8 hours or so after an initial boot-up period. Despite being older hardware, it was able to handle various tasks with ease, including multitasking, which really wasn't an issue at all. The iPad, on the other hand, felt like a fully featured device despite its age. I was a little nervous about using a five-year-old iPad with an 8-core X processor, but iPad OS is surprisingly well optimized, and it worked perfectly well in split-screen mode and multitasking. Multitasking has become one of Apple's strongest suits, allowing users to juggle multiple apps at once seamlessly.

The integration between these three platforms was also a highlight of the experiment. Handoff, which allows users to pick up where they left off on another device, is particularly useful when working on a project that requires constant switching between devices. I found myself using handoff extensively throughout the experiment, seamlessly transferring files and data between devices without any hiccups. Another feature that worked well was iMessage, which syncs across all devices and even allows for text message forwarding on the iPhone.

One of my favorite features of Apple's ecosystem is how smoothly it integrates with other services and apps. I found myself using many third-party apps in conjunction with Apple's own apps, such as Pages and Numbers, to create a seamless workflow that felt incredibly natural. The Photos app, which syncs across all devices, also played a big role in this experiment, allowing me to pick up where I left off on any device.

The biggest surprise of the experiment was how usable the iPad is. As someone who hasn't owned an iPad in several years, I had forgotten just how well-designed and user-friendly they are. The iPad's performance, despite being older hardware, felt surprisingly snappy and responsive, with only a minor impact on battery life. Sidecar, which allows users to extend their Mac's display to the iPad, was also a welcome addition, even if it did require a few terminal commands to get working.

The experiment ultimately taught me that Apple's devices are more capable than I gave them credit for. While they may be older models, they still offer impressive performance and features when used together as part of the Apple ecosystem. By leveraging handoff, iMessage, and other features, users can create a seamless workflow that feels incredibly natural.

In conclusion, this experiment has shown me just how well Apple's devices work together as part of the ecosystem. The iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro are all capable of delivering impressive performance when used individually, but it's when they're integrated with each other that they truly shine. Whether you're a seasoned user or new to the platform, exploring Apple's ecosystem can be a rewarding experience that will take your productivity and creativity to the next level.

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The Future of Apple's Ecosystem

In the future, I expect Apple's ecosystem to continue evolving with new features and tools that will make it even easier for users to work together seamlessly across devices. Handoff, iMessage, and other features have already proven themselves to be indispensable in this experiment, and I'm excited to see what the future holds.

As technology continues to advance at an incredible pace, it's clear that Apple is committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible with its devices. From AI-powered assistants like Siri to augmented reality capabilities on newer models, there's no doubt that Apple's ecosystem will continue to shape the way we work and live in the years to come.

The experiment has shown me just how capable Apple's devices are when used together as part of the ecosystem. Whether you're a seasoned user or new to the platform, exploring Apple's ecosystem can be a rewarding experience that will take your productivity and creativity to the next level.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enone of the most common criticisms that I see of Apple products is that they're great if you are involved in the ecosystem but it's just too expensive to get involved on all these different platforms in today's video we're going to challenge that can we get into Apple's three major platforms iOS Mac OS and now iPad OS for just $500 today's video is sponsored by hosting er a powerful web hosting service that allows you to register build and host your website all in one place check out the link in the description below with code luke me on e to get 15% off your order on hosting or today and i'll have more information at the end of the video so five hundred dollars three distinct platforms is that even possible well I'm gonna add another requirement to make it even harder not only are we going to have to get an iPad iPhone and a MacBook for five hundred dollars combined all of the devices that I order have to be natively supported under the current version of their operating system so with the challenge set I decided the first place to start would be the MacBook since that's likely going to be the most expensive component here I figured the best option would be to go for a unibody MacBook Pro from mid 2012 as a Retina is almost always going to blow our budget wide open and the mid 2012 is a good value with solid upgrade ability I ended up purchasing this bone-stock 2012 base model for $200 you may remember it from my last video as I discovered in that same video the original 5400 rpm drive was failing miserably so the seller gave me back $25 to cover the cost of replacement with that money I bought a cheap 240 gigabyte solid state drive and picked up eight gigabytes of RAM on eBay for $20 shift bringing the total cost of my macbook pro to 220 dollars so now that we have a macbook that can handle our mac OS tasks we need an iphone that is good enough to be relied on every day but cheap enough to make this experiment possible I wanted to leave 150 left for an iPad so I set myself a budget of a hundred and thirty bucks and ended up buying this iPhone 6s for exactly one hundred and thirty dollars it ended up being rose gold which was a bit of a surprise to me but it's an absolutely flawless condition and it's battery is at 96% of its original capacity also it has 64 gigabytes so storage space isn't as huge a concern as if it were something like 16 or 32 gigs at this point we only have 150 dollars left to spend on an iPad and that's where this experiment gets a little bit tricky the oldest iPad to support iPad OS is the iPad air 2 which should be fine for our basic purposes but most of the units that I found for less than 150 dollars had only 16 gigabytes of storage which is definitely not gonna cut it after a bit of hunting I settled on this Space Gray 64 gigabyte model that I negotiated for one hundred and fifty five dollars so my total for all three of these devices came to 505 dollars I'm not too concerned about the extra five dollars over my original budget and frankly I'm impressed that this is even possible to begin with so at this point the big question is with these three very inexpensive devices is it actually worthwhile how well do they run and honestly I'm completely blown away by how successful this was we'll start with the MacBook this guy is running a dual core i5 32 10m at 2.5 gigahertz and while no one would claim that it's fast it's plenty adequate for web browsing document typing light photo editing and the like what really helps us out here is the solid state drive and upgraded 8 gigabytes of RAM web browsing and general OS navigation is a lot smoother thanks to these $45 upgrades and I highly recommend them to anyone who owns one of these older unibody MacBook s' in fact the only thing that detracts from the experience at all would have to be the display 1280 by 800 on a 13.3 inch panel is definitely a little bit low res and can be a little tricky to use especially if you've gotten used to the high res panels that are so common on devices the iPhone 6's is surprisingly snappy considering its age four years is an eternity in smartphone years but the 6s is a robust device and it shrugs off its years casually it's not without its signs of age mind you animations can stutter or drop a frame here and there and it becomes clear fairly quickly that background apps have to reload often I've also noticed that because the a9 chip has to work pretty hard to keep up the device can get warm if you're switching apps a lot over an extended period of time I'd have to say the biggest drawback is the battery life I found it a little bit tricky to get through a full day with the battery on this device even if I'm running in low-power mode and keep in mind the battery on this guy is at 96% of its original capacity so if you have something that's a little bit more used a little bit more worn with more cycles on the battery it might actually be less than this the iPad suffers from similar drawbacks with its a 8 X processor when downloading apps in the background and switching between programs relatively quickly the pad can warm up noticeably battery life on the other hand is very solid around 8 hours or so and despite the more fully featured OS I really didn't feel tied down by the older Hardware animations feel snappy and multitasking really wasn't an issue so on their own all of these devices operate surprisingly smooth considering that the iPhone is 4 years old the iPad is 5 years old and the MacBook is 7 years old you'd expect them to show their age a little bit more but frankly apart from the battery life on the iPhone and the display and thickness of the MacBook you really couldn't tell but what makes this experiment so much more interesting is the integration between all of these three platforms I think my favorite feature that the Apple ecosystem offers is handoff if I find a website on the iPhone that I want to explore on a larger display I can seamlessly hand over to the MacBook and pick up right where I left off if I take a picture on the iPhone it shows up right away on the iPad and on the Photos app in the MacBook if I start working on a video script on the MacBook Pro and decide I want to swap over two pages on the iPad it's right there and waiting for me likewise iMessage is a treat when you're into created like this they sync across all devices and even dreaded green bubbles aren't left out thanks to text message forwarding on the iPhone I think this is what makes Apple so interesting to examine each of these devices on their own can be useful tools but it's when they operate in harmony that you get a glimpse of what is intended from the Apple ecosystem I think the biggest surprise of this experiment was how usable the iPad is I was a little bit on the fence about using a five-year-old iPad with an 8 8 X processor but iPad OS is surprisingly well optimized I personally haven't owned an iPad in a good few years I had the original iPad Mini back when it came out in 2012 and I enjoyed it for several years but until recently iPads just weren't that useful honestly they were kind of like giant iPod Touches back in the day but now that the iPad has its own OS and much more powerful multitasking and application support things have changed a lot it still surprises me how fully featured this five-year-old tablet feels split-screen and multitasking work perfectly well despite the older hardware and they haven't had a huge impact on the battery life of the device in fact the only feature that I wasn't able to get running is sidecar in Mac OS Catalina it appears that you need to have a more recent Mac although reports are conflicting as to which ones are actually supported I did come across a terminal command that acts as a workaround but I wasn't able to get it working on my 2012 MacBook Pro so you might have some success if you have something more recent like 2013 to 2015 but apart from that honestly everything that you would want to do on these devices works as advertised and I'm really really impressed with how successful this experiment was I was a little bit nervous that I would wind up with like a Core 2 Duo MacBook an iPad air first-generation from like 2013 and like an iPhone 5s but much to my surprise these are not only fully featured but fully supported devices that's insane in the last few years Apple has been hiking their prices and making it harder to break into that system but hopefully with this experiment I've demonstrated that even if you're on a tighter budget you can still get into this ecosystem if you take your time and hunt for deals anything is possible fortunately if it's a deal for web hosting that you're looking for you can stop looking now because hosting earth today's video sponsor is here to help hosting er is one of the best places to register build and host a high quality website for a low price all in one place they have an insane amount of useful tools and plugins that make setting up a great custom website super easy they've got SEO tools cash management and easy to use file management hosting are also allows you to set up and manage a business email all right from this one centralized platform in fact when I was going to register a domain with hosting or so that I could try out their account I actually found out that someone has already registered the domain lumion e-comm and Wow it is a really high-quality and well-designed website hosting er has a crazy amount of features and services all bundled together so make sure to head over to the link in the description and use coupon code Luke money to get 15% off your order today so with that I'd like to thank you guys so much for watching this video as usual don't forget to Like comment and subscribe please consider following me on twitter at luke me on e I definitely consider joining my subreddit all of that stuff is linked in the description below and with that I'll see you all in the next video youone of the most common criticisms that I see of Apple products is that they're great if you are involved in the ecosystem but it's just too expensive to get involved on all these different platforms in today's video we're going to challenge that can we get into Apple's three major platforms iOS Mac OS and now iPad OS for just $500 today's video is sponsored by hosting er a powerful web hosting service that allows you to register build and host your website all in one place check out the link in the description below with code luke me on e to get 15% off your order on hosting or today and i'll have more information at the end of the video so five hundred dollars three distinct platforms is that even possible well I'm gonna add another requirement to make it even harder not only are we going to have to get an iPad iPhone and a MacBook for five hundred dollars combined all of the devices that I order have to be natively supported under the current version of their operating system so with the challenge set I decided the first place to start would be the MacBook since that's likely going to be the most expensive component here I figured the best option would be to go for a unibody MacBook Pro from mid 2012 as a Retina is almost always going to blow our budget wide open and the mid 2012 is a good value with solid upgrade ability I ended up purchasing this bone-stock 2012 base model for $200 you may remember it from my last video as I discovered in that same video the original 5400 rpm drive was failing miserably so the seller gave me back $25 to cover the cost of replacement with that money I bought a cheap 240 gigabyte solid state drive and picked up eight gigabytes of RAM on eBay for $20 shift bringing the total cost of my macbook pro to 220 dollars so now that we have a macbook that can handle our mac OS tasks we need an iphone that is good enough to be relied on every day but cheap enough to make this experiment possible I wanted to leave 150 left for an iPad so I set myself a budget of a hundred and thirty bucks and ended up buying this iPhone 6s for exactly one hundred and thirty dollars it ended up being rose gold which was a bit of a surprise to me but it's an absolutely flawless condition and it's battery is at 96% of its original capacity also it has 64 gigabytes so storage space isn't as huge a concern as if it were something like 16 or 32 gigs at this point we only have 150 dollars left to spend on an iPad and that's where this experiment gets a little bit tricky the oldest iPad to support iPad OS is the iPad air 2 which should be fine for our basic purposes but most of the units that I found for less than 150 dollars had only 16 gigabytes of storage which is definitely not gonna cut it after a bit of hunting I settled on this Space Gray 64 gigabyte model that I negotiated for one hundred and fifty five dollars so my total for all three of these devices came to 505 dollars I'm not too concerned about the extra five dollars over my original budget and frankly I'm impressed that this is even possible to begin with so at this point the big question is with these three very inexpensive devices is it actually worthwhile how well do they run and honestly I'm completely blown away by how successful this was we'll start with the MacBook this guy is running a dual core i5 32 10m at 2.5 gigahertz and while no one would claim that it's fast it's plenty adequate for web browsing document typing light photo editing and the like what really helps us out here is the solid state drive and upgraded 8 gigabytes of RAM web browsing and general OS navigation is a lot smoother thanks to these $45 upgrades and I highly recommend them to anyone who owns one of these older unibody MacBook s' in fact the only thing that detracts from the experience at all would have to be the display 1280 by 800 on a 13.3 inch panel is definitely a little bit low res and can be a little tricky to use especially if you've gotten used to the high res panels that are so common on devices the iPhone 6's is surprisingly snappy considering its age four years is an eternity in smartphone years but the 6s is a robust device and it shrugs off its years casually it's not without its signs of age mind you animations can stutter or drop a frame here and there and it becomes clear fairly quickly that background apps have to reload often I've also noticed that because the a9 chip has to work pretty hard to keep up the device can get warm if you're switching apps a lot over an extended period of time I'd have to say the biggest drawback is the battery life I found it a little bit tricky to get through a full day with the battery on this device even if I'm running in low-power mode and keep in mind the battery on this guy is at 96% of its original capacity so if you have something that's a little bit more used a little bit more worn with more cycles on the battery it might actually be less than this the iPad suffers from similar drawbacks with its a 8 X processor when downloading apps in the background and switching between programs relatively quickly the pad can warm up noticeably battery life on the other hand is very solid around 8 hours or so and despite the more fully featured OS I really didn't feel tied down by the older Hardware animations feel snappy and multitasking really wasn't an issue so on their own all of these devices operate surprisingly smooth considering that the iPhone is 4 years old the iPad is 5 years old and the MacBook is 7 years old you'd expect them to show their age a little bit more but frankly apart from the battery life on the iPhone and the display and thickness of the MacBook you really couldn't tell but what makes this experiment so much more interesting is the integration between all of these three platforms I think my favorite feature that the Apple ecosystem offers is handoff if I find a website on the iPhone that I want to explore on a larger display I can seamlessly hand over to the MacBook and pick up right where I left off if I take a picture on the iPhone it shows up right away on the iPad and on the Photos app in the MacBook if I start working on a video script on the MacBook Pro and decide I want to swap over two pages on the iPad it's right there and waiting for me likewise iMessage is a treat when you're into created like this they sync across all devices and even dreaded green bubbles aren't left out thanks to text message forwarding on the iPhone I think this is what makes Apple so interesting to examine each of these devices on their own can be useful tools but it's when they operate in harmony that you get a glimpse of what is intended from the Apple ecosystem I think the biggest surprise of this experiment was how usable the iPad is I was a little bit on the fence about using a five-year-old iPad with an 8 8 X processor but iPad OS is surprisingly well optimized I personally haven't owned an iPad in a good few years I had the original iPad Mini back when it came out in 2012 and I enjoyed it for several years but until recently iPads just weren't that useful honestly they were kind of like giant iPod Touches back in the day but now that the iPad has its own OS and much more powerful multitasking and application support things have changed a lot it still surprises me how fully featured this five-year-old tablet feels split-screen and multitasking work perfectly well despite the older hardware and they haven't had a huge impact on the battery life of the device in fact the only feature that I wasn't able to get running is sidecar in Mac OS Catalina it appears that you need to have a more recent Mac although reports are conflicting as to which ones are actually supported I did come across a terminal command that acts as a workaround but I wasn't able to get it working on my 2012 MacBook Pro so you might have some success if you have something more recent like 2013 to 2015 but apart from that honestly everything that you would want to do on these devices works as advertised and I'm really really impressed with how successful this experiment was I was a little bit nervous that I would wind up with like a Core 2 Duo MacBook an iPad air first-generation from like 2013 and like an iPhone 5s but much to my surprise these are not only fully featured but fully supported devices that's insane in the last few years Apple has been hiking their prices and making it harder to break into that system but hopefully with this experiment I've demonstrated that even if you're on a tighter budget you can still get into this ecosystem if you take your time and hunt for deals anything is possible fortunately if it's a deal for web hosting that you're looking for you can stop looking now because hosting earth today's video sponsor is here to help hosting er is one of the best places to register build and host a high quality website for a low price all in one place they have an insane amount of useful tools and plugins that make setting up a great custom website super easy they've got SEO tools cash management and easy to use file management hosting are also allows you to set up and manage a business email all right from this one centralized platform in fact when I was going to register a domain with hosting or so that I could try out their account I actually found out that someone has already registered the domain lumion e-comm and Wow it is a really high-quality and well-designed website hosting er has a crazy amount of features and services all bundled together so make sure to head over to the link in the description and use coupon code Luke money to get 15% off your order today so with that I'd like to thank you guys so much for watching this video as usual don't forget to Like comment and subscribe please consider following me on twitter at luke me on e I definitely consider joining my subreddit all of that stuff is linked in the description below and with that I'll see you all in the next video 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