On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 18:36 +0800, Stephen Chape wrote: > How did you manage that Kev ? > I have advised every person that has asked me to buy a Mac. > So far every one of them has bought a Windoze PC, then come to me for > assistance.
That's very interesting. I usually just ask them a few things about what they do and need, and suggest what I think sounds most sensible based on their needs and technical knowledge (ability to deal with viruses and security issues, mostly). That's often an eMac, iMac, iBook, or Mac Mini, but sometimes an XP box if they need some software that's Windows only, etc. Most folks end up buying what I suggest, and I usually get good feedback afterwards. When they don't, it's often because they ended up buying a mac laptop instead of a Windows laptop and finding an alternative to the software they needed. Maybe the fact that many of these people are workmates who I support day-to-day, or family who see me as the "family geek," may have something to do with it. I also don't try to give them a "sell" on a particular product, but rather evaluate what might be better for them. That probably helps - I'm not seen as pushing my own preference. Rather the opposite, actually ;-) . > However my brother has > already told her that a Mac would be much too difficult for her, "It's > a specialist machine". Of all the potential arguments against getting a Mac, I wouldn't have thought that to be one of them. WTH? That's *never* been true, unless maybe you count the old A/UX systems. -- Craig Ringer
