What system are they using where they are tortured or being punished?
On a recent macbreak podcast one of the podcasters said he was basically afraid of windows because he would have no idea how to protect himself from all the bad things out there. I see mac users like this all the time, mac users that have had it hammered into them from the community that windows will take down their entire network in seconds, all their data will be lost, all files corrupted as soon as the machine is booted. There is unjustified fear on both sides. I'd prefer open IT departments, if macs work, great, if not then pc's will be just fine also. The IT department at a local community college is very mac and pc friendly, there is very little if any prejudice coming from either side. That's one reason I really like Leo Laporte, he's more of a mac user that has tons of windows experience and he hasn't bought into the hype about windows from mac users. When a caller asks what system should be bought, Leo always answers from the point of view 'what will the computer be used for' first and foremost. I've heard him telling users in no uncertain terms to buy a mac and vice versa depending on the situation. The fear spoken of comes from ignorance, not punishment. Mike On 7/21/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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. Fear comes from working with a system that constantly punishes its user. You will see similar behaviour from people who are victims of torture. It will take you a while to build their confidence until they are able to accept that things are alright now. You are doing a good thing. This is not a flame. Just encouragement. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
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