“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’ve been a Mac user since around 1995 when I was forced to use one at work. In a public school system. I started there in 94 but by sometime in 95 I became a Mac fan. I think it had something to do with being a phone support guy. Teachers would call in and my first question would be, “Are you on a Mac or a Windows computer?” Before long I realized that if they said, “Windows” my spirit would sink. I’d spend an average of 45min on the phone with them (often over an hour) and not always fix their problem. On the Mac, it was less than 15min nearly every time and rarely was there a remaining problem when I hung up the phone. I’ve gotten rid of all Windows computers at home and use Mac exclusively. The irony is that now the school system is mostly Windows and Macs are shunned. But I argue and complain and persevere until they let me buy a Mac. I’ll never go back.
I became a real mac user (switched) in November of 2006. Before that I used a Hacintosh to test out OS X on my HP system….then immediately was amazed at how intuitive, easy to use, advanced, and slick OS X truly is. All it took was a month to convince me (I was a windows user all my life until then) 1 month later…on November 2006, I got my Macbook, and now I have the new Macbook Pro.
There is no way in hell I’m going back to Winblows after experiencing OS X and the slickness of a Mac. I am happy to say I’ve managed to convince a few of my friends as well into liking OS X and a Mac in general, as they were once sworn mac haters.
@Cubert,
Must have been sweet to own a Cube as your first computer. I have one. LOVE IT! Produced a 140+ page color monthly magazine on it for 14 issues. A real workhorse. And so elegant.
@Prophet,
I did consumer phone support for Apple back in the OS 8-9 days. I can relate to those 15min calls.
Switched to Mac in 1984, switched to NeXT in 1989, and have stayed on the NeXTSTEP/OS X track ever since.
If I’d ever had to use WIndows for any length of time, I probably would have gotten an ulcer.
-jcr
i had dabbled with macs since 2000 (i know, i’m late to the party!) but finally switched in 2003 with an original g3 imac. haven’t looked back, although i do keep a windows box around for the few games i can’t play on the mac (that is, til i get a macbook pro!) =)
Apple since ’82, Mac since 0S 6.7…
good times.
I never switched because I was never enough of a tool to leave the platform in the first place…
As if Tiger was somehow inferior to Windows. Ridiculous.
I’ve never really had a Windoze PC. I went from Texas Instruments 99/4a to C64 to Amiga 500 to Amiga 1200 to Amiga 4000 to G3 to G4 to G5 to MacPro.
I switched, from 8-bit CPM, in 1985.
@Wingsy
Yes I know what that is. RSX-11M and RSX-11M Plus were the os’s used on DEC’s PDP11 systems. I have worked with these systems before switching to VAX/VMS. I also worked with DEC’s DECNET. All that before the PC era.
Started with an all-in-one 9″ B&W;screen Mac Classic and System 6.7 (I think) in 1993. From then…..PowerMac 6100, then a G3, Powerbook 3400, two “lampshade” iMacs (one at home, one in my office), now on a G4 Powerbook, getting ready to get the family a brand spanking new 24″ iMac (and daydreaming about an MBP!) I use the Dull Windopes box here at school when I HAVE to, but it only serves to make me appreciate my Macs all the more.
Some of you think $100,000 is a lot of money. I say add to zeros and then will talk.
Yep, been a mac user since 1999 with my first computer being an iMac 333, still running OS 8.5.1, my daughter uses it for games and learning to type.
Next came mr iMac 400 DV SE. Running Tiger 10.4.10 with a gig of ram. My son use that one every day for school.
Got my wife a G4 iBook.
Then there’s my beloved 17″ G4 PowerBook, which I regretfully sold.
But I am pretty satisfied with my 17″ MacBook Pro.
I use windows crap at work(u.s. gov, always upgrading….) and what a hunk of junk those things are. never ever never will i ever own a pc running windows never ever ever.
I say never give large amounts of cash to people who can’t spell. It only leads to Britneyism.
@Justified,
“Must have been sweet to own a Cube as your first computer”???
I’m typing this response on my Cube right now.
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Emoticons not working for anyone else?
Switched to mac when OSX came out and never looked back. I still have no desire to work with or on Windows. Just too many problems for me now, not to mention the lack of trust in the operating system.