I’ve owned a Mac since the end of June, and my wife has had one for over a month too. We were talking about our experiences and I wanted to share our thoughts with you.
As we were sitting upstairs, trying to get our Windows laptop to boot up, my wife commented that it would take her less time to walk down two flights of stairs, turn on her Mac, check her e-mail, sleep the Mac, and run up two flights of stairs.
She did it once. I couldn’t believe it.
I’m sure there’s a way to fix our Windows problems, but I feel like all I have ever had is problems.
Life is full of problems. I don’t want to waste all my time fixing computer problems. I want to go ahead, not behind.
I used to read Maximum PC Magazine, and they actually recommend reinstalling Windows on a computer once per year.
How can I get any work done if I have to deal with that kind of stuff?
My wife and I switched to Mac and a very critical time in our lives. We were moving, buying a home, quitting our jobs, starting new projects.
And our Macs just work.
I used Macs when I was at Cornell in the 90s and I hated them. Once they got their act together (color screens and OS X), Bill Gates had already cornered the market.
Windows may be a best-selling product. But Windows is not a better product.
The Apple store doesn’t do it justice. If you know someone that owns one, give it a try for a few hours or a day.
It isn’t perfect. But I love it anyways.
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Dan // Oct 11, 2005 at 7:55 am
My wife and I (and the kids) all switched to Macs. Last year (Nov 2004) we purchased our first Mac. In March of 2005 we purchased a Powerbook for me to use in school and for all of us to use when we go out of town. In August of this year we purchased our 3rd Mac, a 17″ iMac G5 for the kids.
I agree with you guys 100%. I also agree with the Maximum PC magazine that you should reinstall Windows once a year. It is just a necessity with that OS, it’s terrible. I have upgraded both our iMac 20″ G5 and our PowerBook from 10.3 to 10.4. The 17″ came with 10.4. We have had no problems and definitely see no reasons to reinstall this OS once a year.
We too grew tired of reinstalling Windows. Just when I would get all our data and files organized and everything was humming along, it would be time to reinstall the OS and with that, every single application, every single unlock key for every single application and not to mention the migration of all the existing data . . . okay, you get my point.
The straw that broke the camels back was when our Windows PC got a virus last year. I work in IT and know how to keep a computer protected with firewalls, virus scanners and spyware scanners. All were up-to-date. However, we still got infected. To add insult to injury we had been infected for 30+ days without knowing about it. That was it. We bought a Mac.
And the word is spreading. Two people at my place of employment have since purchased Macintosh computers after hearing of my experience. They too are tired of wrestling with Windows. It’s just not fun to come home and have to continue “working” when you just put in a full day supporting those darn machines. Now I come home and relax . . . well . . . after I do my homework anyway.
Guillermo // Oct 11, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Indeed, working with Macs is a true pleasure. I have been using my PowerBook for almost three years now and I couldn’t be happier. Granted, it is falling apart at the seams (thanks to my daughter (now 5) who always felt drawn to it. My 8 month old son is also drawn to it and like to hammer on the keyboard every chance he gets
I think the best part of using a Mac is the absence of noise. We still have a PC at home, while we work on buying a Mac Mini, and the noise is just un bearable. If you dont want to deal with the noice, you just can’t put the PC to “sleep.” The whole “hibernation” process takes forever. With my PowerBook, I just close the lid and that’s it. No work lost, no waiting for applications to run, no noisy fan to deal with. I have test driven the Mac Mini, and it is just as pleasurable.
No I just have to convince my boss at work to buy Macs for everyone else
Alexander Barbara // Oct 18, 2005 at 11:23 pm
I absolutely agree! I love my Mac. We bought one for me and loved it. Bought one for my wife and loved it.
We tried to cheap out and buy a cheap Windows file server– and I can’t stand using it.
Before we take our next trip we’ll have to get rid of our Windows laptop too. After the ease of use of my Mac, we need to go and buy a Powerbook.
Peter // Jun 26, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Ok, While you guys are sending your Mac back to Apple for repair i will getting work done on my PC. Don’t fool yourselves. Mac Suck.
David // Jan 12, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Gotta disagree with you on one thing. I have 5 Windows machines that I maintain in my family and I have never had to reinstall the OS once on any of them. Why? because I took the time to configure them with proper anti-virus, anti-malware, and security software. I bet that 95+% of all PC problems can be traced to some sort of malware/scumware/virus.
The only machine I have had to reinstall the OS on is a PowerBook G3, but that’s prolly my own fault. I didn’t know how to properly trouble-shoot an issue and determined that reinstalling was simply faster and easier.
JohnnyWB // May 13, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Instead of reinstalling the OS from scratch every year, one could make an image of a full, clean install once and use that to restore the complete installation in a fraction of the time. It’s how professionals do it.
Another thing, to keep your Windows OS free from Ad/Spy/Malware: Stop working with Administrator rights.
Working, especially surfing, with Administrator rights makes your OS very vulnerable to exploits and is the main cause for Ad/Spy/Malware problems.
Martin // Dec 26, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Even so Johnny, you SHOULD be able to surf as an admin in your OS of choice without getting infected with viruses.. It’s just plain bad design and a total lack of foresight by Microsoft.. I mean they didn’t SEE the Internet age coming and their the world biggest IT company!
No part of NT was designed with the realization in mind that all computers might some day be linked together to a giant network.. Next OS (OS X’s daddy) was. That I think is why you see so many problems with Windows and so few on the Mac. That and the fact that Unix grew up in a tough neighborhood..
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