Re: PC and Mac world Help a friend

[John Slavin]

you can have a nice list to present to them, but the best thing, in my 
opinion, is to be straight up with them.  This is what I say to my 
friends, "I love you guys, but I'm sick and tired of screwing around 
with Windows machines when I'm doing it for friends.  It's too much 
work and entirely unnecessary if you had a Mac. I'll help you with your 
present machine, but if you replace it with a Windows machine, don't 
call me, because I won't come.  I'll help you till the cows come home 
if you have a Mac, and I'll even help you pick out the best one for 
you."  I think we who work on computers for our friends and families 
don't always realize our worth.  We're like good and honest auto 
mechanics.  If you've found one, you pray to God they never retire or 
that you or they never move.  We're like that to our friends and 
families.  They know that if we don't come, they're up creek.  This 
approach has never has failed me.  I can't tell you the number of Macs 
that have been purchased because of what I said. If they agree, it's 
not so bad working on their PCs, knowing that their next purchase will 
be a Mac. And if they do go ahead an buy a PC, you can tell them when 
they call, "I'm sorry, but remember what I told you."  I doubt 
seriously you'll ever have to say it.  I never have.

On Sunday, December 5, 2004, at 02:16  PM, Scott wrote:
Hi all I have a good job I could give you, I want no flame wars. What 
I want
is to get a pc user to switch to Mac cause I cant be fixing there 
computer
every day. I use both systems but I am experienced on both platforms, 
so I
can keep my self from getting harmed, however these friends of mine 
cant. So
I would like you all to make a huge list as to why a Mac is better and 
to
advantages you have on a Mac, especially threats like viruses and 
spyware,
but also mention compatibility like how there are tons of Mac versions 
of
software common people use like office and such. I would like a huge 
list
from your mouths not mine. They would take more likely to the general 
public
then me. Things are better in numbers, I would also like pc users here 
to
mention why they like the Mac more and what the advantages are 
compared to a
pc. Once I have a list big enough I will print and take it to them, 
The one
friend I can get to switch its her pain in the but husband that is so
commercially blinded. He doesn�t want to realize that a general users 
will
have no disadvantage on a Mac, and they would like to do photo and 
video and
that a Mac is a better choice. And also mention hardware upgrades and 
how
the Mac only thing is a thing of the past. He thinks you have to by
everything from apple and we all know that�s not true. So please help 
me I'm
begging. Even submissions off list are fine, I just need a nice long 
list
why pc's suck. Cause if I have to go and remove spyware and viruses 
from
there computer everyday I will scream.

Thanks for the help
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