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Who says that people aren’t switching to the Mac?
They hear that Macs are easier to use but that's all they do, hear it
I’ve just been to PC World to have a look at the new iMacs in person as I’m looking to get one. Walk in and see two 17” iMacs sitting next to each other. A quick check of the about boxes finds that one is a G5 and one is a Core Duo and both look identical, as several people have said. I had to show it to the guy we were talking to because he didn’t think they had them in. I’m definitely getting one after playing with Front Row and Photobooth and other goodies (btw, Comic Life does rock as much as people say it does).
Anyway, enough about me and more about my story. I went over to a 20” iMac to have a look at the hugeness of it and then two people went over to the iMac I’d been looking at and someone from PC World talking to them about it. Then my dad starts talking to them when the PC World guy can’t answer a question and then I walk over. And so we spend about 20 minutes showing them the Mac and explaining all the benefits. They were buying the computer mostly for the woman that we were talking to and she’d obviously been talking to people who owned Macs. One of the first things she said was “So what are the benefits of this over one of these other computers, because all people say when I ask are that they are easier to use”. Ten minutes later she was of course agreeing with how much easier they are to use.
But there are loads of people out there in the same situation. They hear that Macs are easier to use but that’s all they do, hear it. They need to see and experience how much easier to use they are. And I think that I heard one of the most convincing arguments for the Mac over a PC from the woman I was talking to. While she was only wanting a computer for Office she said that if she got a PC then that would be all she used, Office. But if she got a Mac she’d have so much fun playing with iLife and all the other goodies included. Despite what we think about people just wanting a box to use Word on, they might want a box to use Word on but also play with home movies and photos and music and THAT is why the Mac is a winner.
And on a closing note, that was my first successful switcher 
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thinkback
So my post gets deleted again.
Either the programming of this site sucks or people here don’t want feedbacks.
Luckily I post the same stuff on other forums.
I don’t know anything about your posts getting deleted. I know I’m not deleting anything, so if the others are I’ll have to have a talk with them. There are no invalid opinions, so everyone should be able to post, within certain stipulations (like nothing overly obscene, illegel, etc.).
| Mar. 11, 2006 | |
| Arden | 8:19 pm |
Informer,
Google cache shows that all the comments you posted through Feb 24 have not been deleted:
Before you start suggesting comments are being deleted, be sure you’re in the right thread.
| Nick | Mar. 11, 2006 | |
| 8:34 pm |
I see my posts after they have been posted just to make sure that they are there.
But maybe less than a day later, they are gone.
I think I’ll go with sucky programming 
I think I won’t go with sucky programming. You seem to be the only one who thinks his posts are being deleted. I can tell you that Nick and I are not deleting anything, and as far as I know Pilky isn’t either, so either you are losing track of them, you are previewing them but not actually submitting, or something else.
This site does not just randomly delete comments, especially from only one person.
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| Mar. 12, 2006 | |
| Arden | 4:36 pm |
Trust me on this.
I know my posts are there and not there somehow, because of the fact that I cannot edit my posts later so I check to make sure.
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Oh, how much does it really cost to fill up an iPod using the iTumes online services? Say a 30GB iPod?
Compared to what? A subscription service? I want to own my music.