On Jul 21, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote:
From eWeek.com: <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2158304,00.asp>
I especially liked the end of the article:
In my column, I mentioned a report of an IT manager who was lobbying
his clients against the iPhone and the Macintosh. He said he would
quit before he would allow a Mac in his environment.
I am attempting to bring a Mac into use where I work, which is an art
gallery and picture framing operation. They are forced to use Windows
for much of the work because the software they have for specialized
purposes requires that platform, However, for a lot of other purposes,
it is my estimation that Macintosh machines would be better suited.
A lot of problems are in evidence in the usage of the Windows
computers, which range from annoying malfunctions of various sorts to
just being hard to use and figure out. Personally, I try to keep
myself distanced from becoming involved in troubleshooting these
situations because I am really not all that familiar with the Windows
OS. A lot of time is spent(wasted) consulting with tech support in
India.
I just obtained a Mac for whatever they want to use it for, although
I have functions in mind that led to the decision to purchase this
computer. I had to overcome an insistence to purchase a Windows
machine, regardless of how it is to be employed at the gallery. It was
a bit of a battle, and it was primarily through providing my co-workers
with pictures of the Mac I had in mind that convinced them to yield.
They had to admit that the physical elegance of the iMac that I had
decided upon indicated a degree of promise that its functionality could
match the exterior design.
I think that typical computer users who have long been immersed in
the Windows computing environment, even though they will often freely
admit to having experienced problems that seem to be absent or greatly
mitigated in the Mac world, are just plain afraid to change. While the
folks where I work have been Windows users for years, they still have
trouble figuring out how to navigate within the XP environment. They
have a hard time trying to locate files, so they store everything on
the desktop where they can see them. What a mess that becomes!
So, the new iMac is there and set up and I am installing various
software that can be of benefit. Thus far there have been favorable
comments about how "gorgeous" and "sexy" it is and how little space it
takes up unlike the "clunky" towers that encase the current computers.
But, there appears to be some resistance to booting up and getting
involved. I predict that will evaporate when they discover that it is
easier to navigate the brand new Mac environment than the Windows
environment that they have been using for years, yet remain befuddled
about.
Steve
PS: This is not a flame. It is an accurate description of actual
events.
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