The Birth of a Windows Dummy
By: David Sparks, Associate Editor
David’s own blog macsparky.com
When I bought my first Mac just eleven months ago, I was excited to learn OS X and walk away from all the trouble that Windows had become. However, I had no idea just how far down the rabbit hole I was about to fall. In the intervening time, I bought an iMac for my daughter, my wife’s PC died resulting in a new MacBook for her, and now it has been months since the Windows splash screen (or BSOD) has reared its ugly head in my home. Windows, you are dead to me.
Anyway, because I have not been using a windows box, I seem to be quickly forgetting all that I once knew about running Windows. A few days ago, my sister called with a PC question. Specifically, she wanted to set up a few “one click” links on my mom’s Dell. My mom might do one click, but three are out of the question. Anyway, I’m sure there is a way to do this in windows (or not) and I’m also sure that last January I probably would have known how. But after using OS X for awhile, I’ve forgotten most of the little scotch tape and bubble gum tricks that I used to keep my Windows boxes running. It is like the area of my brain that kept such information was as eager to dump it as I was to throw away my Norton disk. Anyway, I’ve become a PC dummy and, strangely, I’m okay with that. I’m even a bit pleased. “Sorry Sis, I’m a Mac guy now. I’ve got no clue.”
