Sudden Switching From Windows to Mac
For 9 years, our office has used two types of computers. We worked side by side, and observed the plusses and minuses of each. Mari used an Apple Macintosh and I used a PC with Windows.
A short time ago, when my computer's fan started making funny noises, or what I thought was the fan, we decided it was time to order another computer.
The primary reason I had used Windows all those years is for compatibility reasons — most of our customers use Windows. Web sites needed to be viewed through Windows browsers and documents created on Windows needed to be opened.
But, I really, really wanted a Mac.
So I ordered one. The old computer could serve as the Windows machine whenever we needed one, or so I thought.
I figured I could take my time learning the new operating system.
The Mac's server would need to be set up — a priority for me, as development is my primary job in this business of ours. Bookmarks would need to be transferred. Ditto for emails. Lots of setting up and familiarization would have to be done.
Several weeks would be enough, I thought. It could be accomplished in the evenings, after the "productive" part of my day.
But the Universe had different plans.
The morning of the very day the new Mac was to arrive, the PC quit. Cold. Kaput.
That was yesterday.
Today, after about an hour for every day I had planned for it, the development area is set up, email and browsers and FTP are working like a charm, and I'm listening to music as I write this.
As I had thought I would, I really, really like my Mac.
It is so easy to use, so intuitive, so forgiving, and has so many nifty features that I feel like an Amish boy driving a car for the first time — all excited about the new experience and the possibilities thus presented.
One bit that wasn't so good —
The nearly completed article for this week's Possibility ezine is still on the old (kaput) PC. I hadn't backed it up yet.
Coming up (after I recreate it), watch this space for "Landing Page Cookie," an article about measuring the percentage of visitors arriving at your landing page that buy or subscribe (or whatever else you most want them to do).
Have a great December, dear reader.
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