We can do a lot of good, I just saw a friend of mine on FaceBook post my article, asking his friend to take a look at it….I’ll get some more in our camp as time passes as will you and many others on our list.
> On Oct 16, 2015, at 11:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I get Facebook messages from friends around the world that I know thru my > aquarium hobby. About switch to a Mac and iPhone. Wore to one yesterday > morning about not being to download an app, Turns out it was a server issue > with the app store. Pointed him to the Apple services down page to calm his > nerves. > https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ > <https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/> > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John Robinson > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:37 AM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Can It Really Be? > > Strange isn’t it Ed. I have put literally dozens and dozens of people into > the Mac. One time in Cincinnati my company was having a large convention. > One morning at breakfast we had several people at our table and someone got > off on computers. I jumped in and for the longest time I sang the praises. > > One of the ladies, at the end of the meeting, went straight to the Apple > store in Cincy and bought her first Mac. Now everyone in the family has > Mac’s and quite often she will write me thanking me for that morning. > > I have a friend from Wyoming that comes in to spend a few days with me each > year, finally about 7 years ago I got him into his first Mac, now there a > dozens in his family as all the kids, wives, and grandchildren all have Mac’s. > > I have a cousin that finally I got into a Mac, he has even converted his CPA > office to Mac’s saying Windows runs much better under Boot Camp than it does > a Windoze box, he post this to all his friends and on FaceBook. > > On and on I could go, if each one of us will bring one we’ll pretty soon have > a revolution going. > > John > > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Ed Wiser <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > John I show people all the time the difference. Most people take years to get > it. > FUD is a strong thing I have friends who fear Apple and the "CONTROL" they > have over "MY" computer/smartphone. > They have worked up so many workflows around the faults of Window/Android > that when they do switch there is a lot of hand holding when they "Think" > something is wrong. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 9:19 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > It’s not Ed, but on this list we have some Windoze users, and the hundreds of > others I send post to there are many Windoze users as well as my post to > Facebook… > > Those of us who spend a lot of time waving our flag it does me good to > continue the promotion of our products. Who better to do this than those > that use Apple and want others to have the same experience… > > It’s all about spreading the word…I know I wax old to some, but like Paul > Revere I shout "the Mac’s are coming" every chance I can. > > John > > > On Oct 16, 2015, at 5:50 AM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > To Mac users how is this news.:) > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>]On Behalf Of John Robinson > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 10:27 PM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: [MacGroup] Can It Really Be? > > > > Ford announces they will sell more cars by using GM parts! > > Geico finds the little green lizard looks better in State Farm Red so the > company is changing advertising tactics!! > > Donald Trump is hinting at Hillary as his running mate…. > > Crazy hu? > > Try this on, one actual union that is about as remote as the above….but it’s > working and it all begins with cooking in your own kitchen > > As the last sentence says, I’ve been saying this for 30 years!!! > > > > Apple users need a lot less help than PC users, IBM finds > > <image001.gif> <http://www.businessinsider.com/> By Matt Weinberger > 7 hours ago > > > Over the summer, IBM announced its plans to roll out 50,000 Apple MacBook > laptops to its employees > <http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ibm-new-service-2015-8> by the end of > the year, with a planned total internal adoption of 150,000 to 200,000. > > Today, IBM revealed some surprisingly positive findings from its early Mac > experiments, reports AppleInsider > <http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/15/only-5-of-mac-users-at-ibm-need-help-desk-support-compared-to-40-of-pc-users>: > > Only 5% of IBM employees with MacBooks need help desk support from the IT > department, versus 40% of PC users. > > > Plus, it means that IBM is supporting over 130,000 combined iPhone, iPad, and > MacBook users with just 24 dedicated help desk staff. > > IBM is at that conference because of its somewhat untraditional corporate > laptop deployment process. Basically, employees get a shrinkwrapped, brand > new MacBook. By using Apple Device Enrollment and JAMF Software's Casper > software, IBM employees can get their own computers set up with the tools and > software they need to do their jobs, all in accordance with IBM policy. > > IBM and Apple have become bosom buddies, recently > <http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ibm-the-irony-2015-2>. Last year, the > two made headlines with the announcement of a partnership that would see IBM > push Apple technology into its big business and enterprise customers, > complete with custom software support. > > And now, it looks like IBM is finding its own success with that idea > internally. It should vindicate a lot of Apple fans, who have long championed > Apple's OS X as the superior, more user-friendly operating system. > > "I felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices suddenly > cried out, 'We’ve been telling you this for 30 years,'" as Daring Fireball's > John Gruber put it <http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/10/15/ibm-macs>. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>
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