Had a conversation with my banker the other day. My bank has an active online component and I frequently call my bank up to talk to a ‘banker’ or online rep about my account. In the midst of our conversation, she noted I had a business named Mac-Techs and wanted to know what I thought was preferable about Macintosh systems.
Unlike other conversations I’ve had in the past, in this case the resistance factor was nil. The points I made were that when you boot up a Mac, there are no little ads littering the desktop like on a PC. You don’t have to run antivirus, or at least myself and millions of other Mac users never bother. Plus you can run free software to virtualize the Windows environment if you absolutely need to run a Windows program, and finally the Mac comes with just about every application you need when you pick it up…throw in a download of Open Office and you’re all set.
That was a pretty powerful set of convincers, but I’m thinking she had already gotten the message. Macs are easy to use. I told her she could be productive in about 15 minutes on a Mac for the first time. I think that’s pretty accurate from my experience. Sure there’s lots of things to learn but by and large you can get things done right off the bat, no waiting.
My analogy is car buying. Would you buy a car that had the engine made by one company and the rest made by another? Doesn’t sound quite right does it. A computer system is at least as complex as a car, if not more. Doesn’t it sound like a good idea to have the operating system and the hardware be perfectly meshed for maximum compatibility? Just a thought.
Anyway, we wrapped up with me advising her to hie down to the Apple Store where she play with new machines to her heart’s content and ask all the questions she wanted to ask. I gave her a 5 out of 5 on the post-support survey too.
Jul 05
