> The problem here, of course, is that you need to: > > Be able to teach technical stuff to non-technical people. > Be deeply knowledgeable about BOTH platforms.
Done and done. I've already converted several people at DMACC... by showing them my Pismo PowerBook and my PowerBook 180 ^_^ Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > >> Am I the only one realizing that your "new Winbox for $300-$400 running Win7 >> with modern multi-core cpus", will be running like crap after a few months? > > Uhh, yes, because, no they don't run like crap after a few months. I use them > daily. I help oversee an installed base of several hundred...there are > issues, yes, people get fake antiviruses, yes, you have to be more proactive > with antivirus and antimalware solutions yes, you have to avoid Norton's like > the gorram plague, yes (but you have to do that on Macs, too). > >> Whereas your mac, no matter how old, will be running great. For the average >> computer user, they don't NEED a new PC, and the old Mac will work out >> better for them in the long run. > > > Go to Youtube, play a random video. Go to Hulu, find out 'OOpsie, they don't > work'. Go to Netflix (which accounts for something like 70% of all net > traffic in the US in the evenings) and you find Oops, it doesn't work with > non-intel Macs. > > No, the average user will NOT be served by an old G4 Mac over a modern > windows system. A modern Mac system beats Win7 all hollow (which is one > reason why Apple's selling the things like hotcakes), but not an old G4. > > Your mom's eMachine didn't need to be replaced, it needed to be cleaned up. > I'll wager there were eleventy-seven little icons in her task bar (remember > the system extension dance in OS 9??? Same thing) and her web browser likely > has eight toolbars installed by other random setups, but you know what? NONE > of this is actually *WIndows* fault, but the fault of lazy third-parties. > > (And big names like ^#%@$ Adobe are the worst...they automagically install > crap when you update entirely unrelated shit like the Yahoo Toolbar and some > notrons or mcaffee crap that doesn't actually do anything.) > > Once you teach folks how to notice the little checkboxes to uncheck in > installs, and teach them a little awareness of avoiding problems on the Web > (and I've managed to do this with some seriously non-techie people) they get > along pretty well. > > Great Dog in the sky, I can NOT believe I'm actually defending Windows here, > but frankly people have to accept (especially if they're selling these system > to naive people who expect them to 'just work') that G4 systems and PPC Macs > in general are obsolete, and given a choice of running OS X on an obsolete > system and Windows on a newer one, people are better served by the Windows > solution. > > People get new computers eventually, and if their experience with the Mac is: > "Well, I never had viruses, but a whole bunch of stuff didn't work well, and > <this program> and <that program> weren't available. I'm not getting a new > Mac!" You're not doing the world a favor. > > Yes, you have to spend more time working ON your computer with Windows, but > look through the archives of the list: How many times has someone come in and > complained about 'I can't play youtube videos on my G4!' > > If you want to make money converting folks to the Mac, offer your services as > a 'Mac Switcher consultant'. Help them move their stuff from their old pc's > to the new Mac. Show them how to set up Google Mail in Mail. > > Show them how to use the new mac; teach them where to find the things they > knew how to do in Windows. Teach them useful tricks (like what Keychain > Access is good for: looking up stored passwords, securely saving lists of > online passwords, credit card numbers and the like in Keychain Notes), > > Help them find equivalents for programs they used under Windows that aren't > there for the Mac. > > Because THEN you've created a Mac convert, and they'll tell their friends and > relatives, and you're the one that helped. > > (Quick what's the best, easiest cheapest replacement for MS Paint, which > comes for free with every Windows system and is the graphics program used by > 90% of all Windows users. > > Hint: Graphics Converter ain't it. Paintbrush is MUCH closer > <http://paintbrush.sourceforge.net/>, as I've been assured by the several > ex-Windows people who have asked me for that solution...) > > The problem here, of course, is that you need to: > > Be able to teach technical stuff to non-technical people. > Be deeply knowledgeable about BOTH platforms. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
