[Ti] what to say to Windows users:

[Ron Woodland]

At the college where I work, I have the reputation of being the "Rabid 
Mac Guy," fueled no doubt by my frequent e-mails to other faculty 
whenever Windows suffers another debilitating world-wide virus/worm 
attack.  I can see I'm not really winning converts with my passionate 
evangelism for the Macintosh.  I need to back off.  This phrase is a 
good "sound bite" that encapsulates the general situation.  It is not 
unlike the "Windows 95 is really Macintosh 89" phrase many of us used 
back then in response the PC community's frenzy (along with the media) 
over finally getting an acceptable version of Windows.  (Of course, 
history shows that Win95 was anything but acceptable, but at the time 
it looked pretty good.)  Perhaps this new phrase can make my case in a 
more tasteful way that will actually stick with others.  Thanks.  I'll 
try it.

Ron Woodland


On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 04:37  PM, Eduard Hoenkamp wrote:

> Many of you must have experienced the mounting despair when defending 
> the Mac to a PC user: I would go through the litany of who was first 
> with windows, the mouse, the diskette, the 32 bit data path, the 
> built-in network, and so forth. Or explain that PC's were only 
> seemingly cheaper because they were bought on down payment; you 
> afterwards had to buy boards that the Mac already came with. Or stress 
> that our tax money too, went into the Y2K problem that did not plague 
> our system, or that keeps flowing into erasing viruses that we are not 
> affected by.
>
> Lately I found something surprisingly effective, so I want to pass it 
> on to those interested (hence no flames called for). In my heart of 
> hearts it may feel different, but now I just say: "The Mac is where 
> Windows will be in about two years". In all occasions, that ended the 
> discussion.
> Eduard.