Mac vs. PC
There are times when I reflect back on the good old days. The times I spent trying to figure out DOS & Windows 3.11. The countless freezes and reboots from a PC with 32MB of RAM, made by a company that has been non-existent for years (Packard Bell). Ah, yes, those were the days. Now, I’ve stepped over to the Mac world and have no regrets. For all of you PC-users out there, I wanted to post this blurb that gives evidence to the like-ability of Macs.
This comes from Mars Hill Church’s Codex blog:
At Mars Hill we’ve been running with Dell and Apple hardware since I started on Staff. I made a change shortly after I began work here to allow people to purchase either Dell or Apple if they had a preference. Previous to that time the Apple hardware was for the most part limited to the domain of the Worship & Productions departments. Before providing that choice our desktop environment was running about 90% Dell and about 10% Apple with the Apple people almost entirely working in creative departments. 2 years later, we are approaching 60% Dell and 40% Apple. The most intriguing part of this has been the “switchers” the people who are transitioning from Dell to Apple.
How many users have we switched? Around 10 - 12 people depending on how you decide who represents a true switcher. Not huge numbers in a microcosm of nearly 100 staff. Some of you doing the math at home you are wondering how I arrived at 60/40 when so few have made the change to Apple. We’ve been hiring a number of people recently who haven’t switched but just chose to start work as Apple users displacing the percentage of windows users. How many have switched back to Dell/Windows? Zero. Our user base is changing and the culture of computing with it.
If you’re in the market for a new computer, please check out Apple. It’s well worth the look, in my opinion.
