Proselyting

Rhisiart · #1 February 18th, 2007, 07:27 AM

How do you make a good pitch to convert a PC user to a Mac?

I ask this, as I was visiting Exmouth, England last weekend. After four pints of Stella Artois (OK six), I got into a conversation with a somewhat dour pub landlord. He was in despair with his PC for a variety of reasons that are well known.

His reluctance to switch was due to the usual story of not be able to run PC-friendly software programmes on a Mac. My new found knowledge of Parallel (thanks to Fryke) did little to impress him.

I am curious to know how recent switchers have found the move to Apple with this issue in mind. Which works better, bootcamp or Parellel, or is this an inappropriate question?

supanatral · #2 February 19th, 2007, 01:36 PM

Please understand that windows is only as good as the programmers. In other words, when you put windows on a mac, windows will not get better, in will still be prone to viruses, hackers, etc.

I just converted to mac myself, and I found it very easy.

Satcomer · #3 February 19th, 2007, 01:43 PM

It is better if you know the programs he talking about he needs. This way you can find OS X programs that do the same things.

Rhisiart · #4 February 19th, 2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by supanatral

Please understand that windows is only as good as the programmers. In other words, when you put windows on a mac, windows will not get better, in will still be prone to viruses, hackers, etc.

A valid point, but I do understand this.

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Originally Posted by Satcomer

It is better if you know the programs he talking about he needs. This way you can find OS X programs that do the same things.

Family history. PC dominated.

supanatral · #5 February 19th, 2007, 02:28 PM

My point is that if you install windows on a mac, it will be prone to the same issues that pc's have.