Comments on: The Birth of a Windows Dummy

By: PierreB

PierreB — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:57:11 +0000

Always wondered why Apple does not use this. One argument that I have used (with some success) with potential switchers that use a Windows machine at work is that having a Mac means that you don’t feel that you are logging into your Work machine when you launch your home machine.

Just a few days ago, someone asked me how to do something – it was something that can be done fairly easily on a Mac (combining pdf files in preview) but is quite a pain to do in Windows. Found myself explaining that you did A and B on the Mac but that you needed to do, X + Y divided by Z unless you were using W2, where you would have to maybe do XZ but maybe it would not work …

By: Kelly K.

Kelly K. — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:39:50 +0000

LOL! Yeah thats the way PC work. I love my mac. Yeah…. Now What?…

By: Max

Max — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:15:24 +0000

I know how you feel and isn’t it liberating? 20 years of PC wisdom evaporating so quickly. I know I’m going to be on a Windows box at some point in the future in some business environment but for now its great and in the future I’ll just be clueless like every other Windows user. Errrr meaning I won’t be tempted to tinker, of course.

By: Rene

Rene — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:24:28 +0000

I think this is normal for a separation process, leaving Windows behind. Having switched a few years ago, I remember I first was fed up with Windows, and didn’t want to hear about it. Now this feeling has calmed down, and I can see Windows is a viable OS for many people. It isn’t my choice, but I don’t want to impose my beliefs on other people. They have to figure it out on themselves what works best for them. If they get frustrated about Windows and viruses, I point out that there are alternatives, such as Linux and Mac OS X.

And strangely enough, when I was asked to do something with a Windows box for someone who is considered the tech support by his friends and family, I actually enjoyed learning new things about Windows and getting something done without prior knowledge of Windows. It learned me that the difference between Windows and Mac OS X is as big as marketing and pundits tell us. Because both systems are so alike, I could apply what I’ve learned on the Mac, with some modifications, to Windows.

No need to dumb yourself down if you step over to the “light side”.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:46:57 +0000

This is very funny, and I can relate, even though I’m only 6 months into my Mac life. I’m still more of a “slider” since I’m forced to use Windows at work (XP) and, my son got a new machine (since he is a gamer his new Dell is running Vista). My brain freezes when I sit down to his machine, and at work I keep trying to do things I can do at home on my iMac. I’m finding that even though I must still use Windows, I can feel my knowledge of all things Windows being squeezed out. I think OSX is healing me and pushing out the festering sliver that has been paining me for decades.