I'm a "survivor" of a contrary case: Mac to PC. The nonprofit where I work was an all-Mac workplace, except for a few PC's that ran specific applications. When we got new management, they switched to PC's as soon as they could get the funding to do it. They kept telling us that we had so many applications that they wanted to run that would not run on Macs (which wasn't true; the one critical application, a membership database, ran as well on Mac as on PC, with the aid of a few simple modifications). We now use the standard office apps that we had on Macs. If there's anything that we now use that won't run on a Mac, I haven't heard of it.
When I protested that PC's were more subject to malware, I was basically told "Don't you worry your pretty little head about that." Why did they throw away the Macs and switch to Windows? Because to Management, most of whom are not computer mavens (even when they think they are), Windows is "natural" (like being right-handed, as 90% + of humans are). But Mac is a "mutation" (like being left-handed, or having perfect pitch, or being able to hold your breath for more than 3 minutes), and thus strange, wild and dangerous; certainly not something that a "normal" person should have to cope with. Windows is "I Love Lucy"; Mac is a foreign film in black and white with subtitles. You're born knowing Windows; you have to learn Mac. This may sound strange; but it's what our Management felt. I tried to fight it, but in the end I lost. You can't fight feelings with logic. --Constance Warner From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Brownfield Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:04 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] A Small Non-profit speaks (Was Why Small business's and Non_profits buy PC's) Since my wife and run a small non-profit on the side, I thought that I should speak up. We use Macs! We had Macs before we started the non-profit, so why should we buy a PC. In the early days we had to run softwindows because our accountant wanted us to use "QuickBooks" and the Mac version could not be saved as a Windows file. Once we could save our Mac "QuickBooks" as a Windows file there was no need for SoftWindows. (I do now have Virtual PC on my G4, just in case someone sends us an Access or Publisher file.) My point is that I think it is what kind of computer, the person starting/running the small business/non-profit is comfortable with that they use. I would not be surprised if the brake down for small non-profits is similar to the brake down for the general public for the type of computer used. Steve ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
