“Commenters on my Enterprise Mac blog have been begging for an update to my column “Mac sense and nonsense,” in which I chronicled the early experiences of a friend who agreed to switch from Windows — her OS for her entire computer-using life — to the Mac,” Tom Yager reports for InfoWorld.
“My friend loves OS X; she’s sold. Wild horses driven by a grinning Steve Ballmer carrying $100,000 couldn’t drag her back into Windows. That hundred large might have convinced her under Tiger (OS X 10.4), but I’ve shared with her many of the published details of Leopard (10.5), due in October,” Yager reports.
“She knows that I’m an Apple Developer Connection Premiere member and that I have Leopard, and she thinks I’m a jerk for not letting her use it,” Yager reports.
“She no longer has a fondness for Windows, and I have learned that if I wish to acquaint myself with the great beyond, all I need to do is mention October one more time,” Yager reports.
Full article here.
I switched in 1992. Been a fan ever since.
Been a lifer on the Mac…and very happy too. I have to work on Win sometimes and it’s terrible.
I’ve been using apple computers since 1979, the Mac since 1984 and I won’t have or use anything else.
Use ’em both at work everyday. Mac is where I spend my own money, though.
Haha. The title says it all.
I am a computer tech, I do Mac and Windows.
I make money on Windows (thanks, M$), and I make friends on a Mac.
Started with Mac 128 and System 1.1 (onward and upward)
I tell people I don’t like to buy Vista.
..and my friends and family to buy Mac.
Simple really.
It’s funny. Those windows geeks out there have this “bias” when it comes to windows and Macs. Us Mac geeks in here have favor the Mac and mock their windows. The ironic thing about it is though that we actually HAVE USED both machines and deem the Mac….well, the winner….with no runner up. The windows boys that come up with all of the gibberish about Macs and their problems…yeah, they haven’t spent a couple hours with the OS and deemed windows the winner, they’re just stuck in their box and form their opinions based on ideas, not application.
Prior to ’84 I had used and worked with every this-DOS and that-DOS that ever was (even spent 2 months in RSX-11 schools – anyone know what that is?) When the 1st Mac came out I got mine in January ’84, one of the 1st ever sold at Computer Tree (Apple retailer). Now, about 10 Macs later, I wonder how disgusted with computers I would be if there were no such thing as a Mac. I’d probably be in another line of work by now. I don’t see how Windows IT people can stand it for very long.
I started with a Apple IIc in 1985, my father had a Macintosh 512K, I switched to Amiga 500, then I had my first PC around 1993: a 386 SX33 with windows 3.1, I upgraded over the years, always a PC. Sometimes I built it myself. My sister bought an iMac around 2000 because it was good-looking. I liked it but did not think of switching. I started to change my mind when I saw her Powerbook in 2004, MacOSX 10.3 looked like an OS from the future in comparison to XP, and I was convinced when I heard of Parallels.
I’ve been a happy iMac user since January and I am never going back. And I almost never use Parallels (Bootcamp only for video games – once in a month maybe).
Terribly written story. The editor should be shot. What rambling nonsense.
“Wild horses driven by a grinning Steve Ballmer carrying $100,000…”
I would like to see that.
And yes I would switch to Windows for $100,000.
I’ll just pay someone else to deal with all the problems it causes.
And yes I would switch to Windows for $100,000.
And you could get a choice of matte screens too!
started with 9.1 and X.0 after replacing my SUSE Linux box with a G4 450 and ibook(blue clam shell). At he time it was IRIX at work and compaq TRU64.
the mac OS X experience had come such a long way. It’s great. Used an Ipod touch for the first time yesterday….. i was extremely impressed…. can’t wait for a feature rich version to be released
i was a Win95 early adopter as well.. in those days i hadn’t heard of macs.
Now I’m still using panther on a power book g4 and Remote desktop to XP for a living developing a unix app wrapped up to run on windows….. f*cked up or what!
I’ll buy a new mac book after Leopard has been proven to be stable.
peace – it’s good to share!
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I have used Macs and Apple exclusively since the late 80’s when I was in elementary school. However, I’d take Ballmers $100,000 and use a PC for the rest of my life. Of course my iPod, iPhone and AppleTV would still get heavy use.
I switched in 1992 as well – from a RatShack Color Computer 3!
Switched in 2004 with the iMac G5; switched the family with the Mac Mini – never looked back
Considering I can rack up $100,000 in about 14 months without Ballmer’s help, I’ll stick with the Mac and save myself $100,000 worth of therapy.
I’d take the money and then change my mind….
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zippy dude…. what kinda computer was that?
@ Inquisitive
I first started drooling over Macs at college (mature student) back in 92 as well.
Nice!!!
MackHeads Rock
Windows just eats my cheese
Mac Plus was my first computer. Been Mac ever since.
Ahh, the Tandy Color Computer 3 – first true multitasking microcomputer. It ran “OS-9” from Microware Systems. Had a windowing environment, GUI, modular software design – all kinds of neat things. All run by the MC6809E processor. Good times all around. I think you can even run it with MESS.
I bought my first computer in September 2000 at age 28 – my Cube. I never owned a computer before that because they never worked right. BUT, I was always using Winblows and didn’t understand the difference between Winblows PC’s and a Mac until my friend Art let me try out his G3. I’ve been an addict ever since!
Been at since System 7. When was that ?? Sometimes missing configsysbat !!