Today was pretty exciting. My Aunt stopped by and said that she wanted to get a new laptop. Her 7+ year old HP portable with Windows ME (yuck!) is finally almost dead. Being the computer guru of the family she wanted my opinion. Of course, the new Mac fanatic in me recommended that she check out the MacBook and MacBook Pro computers. She said that she had read some reviews that said that Apple produces some phenomenal laptops. So she was a bit interested in Macs to begin with.
Since she had never really used a Mac I let her take my MacBook Pro for a spin. I showed her iTunes, iPhoto, Photo Booth, the Dashboard, and a few other things. She was pretty impressed at how easily I maneuvered between the programs and commented on how easy everything seemed. I assured her that everything on a Mac is super simple and she’d be using it like a pro in no time.
Like most computer users she mostly surfs the internet, checks her email, writes documents with Office, and uses QuickBooks. I told her that she could easily do all that and more with a Mac. She had heard that you could use Windows programs on a Mac and wanted to know a bit about it. I filled her in on Parallels and BootCamp. I told her that I had installed Parallels thinking that I would use it all the time. But, it turns out that I only used Parallels when I first installed it to check it out. I’ve since had no reason to use it. I doubt she’ll need it either, but said I’d install it for her if she thought it would make her feel better about the switch.
At the end of the conversation she was ready to buy a MacBook Black edition! She’s my first Mac convert since becoming a switcher myself. Not only does it excite me that I’m helping spread the word about the best OS on the planet, but I’m confidant that she’ll be 100% satisfied with her switch. Since she’s never really used a Mac I’m sure she’ll have a bit of learning to do, which I’m more than happy to help her with. Maybe I can get her to write a short series of articles about her switch for the site : )
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i have a convert on the way also.
i have a guy that loves pictures and he is just waiting to get the money to get one.
also i am going to force my mom to move over to mac cause i am tired of trying to fix their home pc.
I’m going to have an update on this coming soon. But in short, she got her black MacBook and things are going good :)
Grats on your convert(s) as well. Just think of how much extra time you’ll have from not having to help your Mom anymore!
I think I’m nearly ready to do the switch.. all I need to do is figure out whether Parallels will let me use Napster and Visual C# 2005 Express. Then I’m down to the Apple store with the best of them :D
I’ve read about a lot of Windows developers using Parallels/Bootcamp to do their coding and then OS X for their every day lives. I would imagine that most of the work they do is with .NET, which must obviously work with Parallels. So I imagine that Visual C# would work as well. Every application that I’ve ever tried in Parallels has worked. I don’t know why Napster would be any different.
Good luck with the switch! If you ever need any help remember that the Mac community is great. If you have and problems or need help feel free to ask just about anyone even me :) I’ll take the time to help you with anything I can.
Thanks Nick.. that’s really good of you.
I think you’re spot on with the thing you said about the Mac community. I’ve had nothing but smiles and good intentions despite my almost constant worrying and questioning.
3 weeks and the Mac will be mine. I’ll no doubt bug you more then!
I’ve had 0 complaints about the Mac community. Its a polar opposite of the negativity in the Windows community. Its a nice change.
Oh, and I got a kick out of your University Education video. I have boxes and boxes full of Computer Science books. I guess that I should have sold them back to the book store, but that always made me feel like I was getting ripped off.
I couldn’t get rid of mine even if I was desperate for cash. Not only are they full of scribble, but I feel kinda attached to them. That said, “Antes que anochezca” is quite possibly one of the most boring books I have ever read (I think its in that video).
Its proof that you actually went to college. Nobody can ever say that you printed your diploma off the internet if you have a stack of books 4 feet high :)
Lol.. Yours must’ve been taller than 4 feet. Those computer science books are enormous!
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