I'm a PC, but trying a Mac

Have you seen those commercials? "I'm a PC" from Microsoft? Their advertising trick to get more people into PC's rather than Mac's? Moving people over from one system to another is not that easy, and I'm proof.

Last spring while I was doing mad networking and events, I was asked over and over if I "supported Mac's"...and I do, I just didn't have current experience. I started out on Mac's in 1996, but left once my computer lab at Winona State moved to a PC geared lab. In April of last spring, I bought a MacBook because I didn't want to start losing potential clients, I needed to be able to support both systems.

I have to admit, I've had a hard time getting used to the Mac. For the first months, it was rarely booted up. I set up my email and played with Safari a bit, but didn't do much else. In August of 2008, I moved my home based office to a professional building near downtown and made the decision to take all my PC's to the office and only use the Mac at home. I worried that I wasted $1300 on the Mac!

3 months later, I'm finally used to the Mac, the tools and how it "works". Everyone says using a Mac is so easy, but it's not that easy if your stubborn and don't want to learn it. As well, it's probably easier for someone who is new to computing.

In my troubleshooting visits, I get asked quite often "Should I switch to a Mac, I hear they are so reliable"...and my answer is this "That's what I hear too. They are pretty expensive in comparison to a $400 PC".

According to my Google Analytics site, here is the operating system run down.

Windows 78.29%

Macintosh 21.01%

Linux 0.42%

iphone 0.28%


Wow, the iphone made it as an OS! LOL....that cracks me up, but nonetheless, it has to be considered in today's fast and getting faster world of technology.

To close, I have been taking Mac calls for a few months now and almost all of the issues I deal with are still application related and I can support any application, so it's worked for me. For those that are considering switching over, I highly recommend that you buy all the software you will need to make the transition more smooth.

Today I am installing a new printer. We'll see how that goes. The last one I installed had driver complications and I gave up on trying to fix it LOL.