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[quote Ammo]Not too long ago a PC tech support guy told me, "Macs are OK for people who don't know much about computers."
I hate that statement.
Not because there isn't any truth in it.
I hate it for what it is usually meant to imply, which is the notion that Windows PCs are "more powerful" or for use by self-described "experts."
It's usually a line I hear from people who actually know a whole lot less about computers than they think they do. I call them self-deluded PC experts.
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Seacrest, you're right!
Gotta love "THE TONGUE" ! (above photo)
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Best quote I've heard from a head IT guy at a major, PC-based company:
"I use a Mac at my own desk because [I spend so much time troubleshooting company PCs] I don't have time to troubleshoot my own computer."
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That is why I got a Mac for home use some 18 years ago. I spent enough time at work fiddling with the computers to keep them going that I just wanted something at home that "just worked".
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If some Windoze guy comes up to me and says that kind of crap, I would promptly open up a Terminal window and say, "Okay, Mr. Expert: here's a shell for you. Have at it!"
No doubt, "Mr. Expert" would stare blankly and the screen and not know what to do.
I think Ammo is right that those kinds of people are afraid for their job security, but they also need to paper over their lack of knowledge about Mac OS X by saying "it sucks!" or whatever.
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[quote LaserKun] ... IT guy spread the FUD in the above post.
Again, that's why I maintain you have a responsibility to set the record straight for those that will listen (i.e., that new Mac user, and anyone else out there contemplating one.)
With the IT guy's public pooh-pooh left unanswered, your silence implicitly says to the rest that you agree with it.
Actually, with your note to him saying in effect, "yeah, I do what I can via Software Update to stay clean ..." that's exactly what happened. On second thought maybe it's best you didn't answer publicly.
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[quote cbelt3]You DO realize that about 10% of the Microsoft work force is right now trying to write a 'good' Mac virus to prove the Technical Design God Bill right in his latest rant.
dooooomed, I say ! doooooomed !
and in typical M$ fashion, simply throwing a huge amount of people at a code writing project won't guarantee results. Look at Windows.....
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[quote deckeda][quote LaserKun] ... IT guy spread the FUD in the above post.
Again, that's why I maintain you have a responsibility to set the record straight for those that will listen (i.e., that new Mac user, and anyone else out there contemplating one.)
With the IT guy's public pooh-pooh left unanswered, your silence implicitly says to the rest that you agree with it.
Actually, with your note to him saying in effect, "yeah, I do what I can via Software Update to stay clean ..." that's exactly what happened. On second thought maybe it's best you didn't answer publicly.
deckeda, Right, believe me, I do my very best to set the record straight with these guys, and especially those who have come to the Mac and those contemplating the move. As probably most of us here know, we have to be very careful how we respond to FUD. I suspect I am already labeled a "MacHead" by the IT boys...
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I work at a small university where the following advice is given to incoming students about recommended computer systems:
"Macintosh or PC is totally up to the preference of the individual. While a few academic programs on campus have specific recommendations for their students, it should be noted that in 2004-2005, 96% of students attending CWU brought a computer to campus and 95% of these were PCs."
To me, this just reeks of "you could get a Mac, but you'd be really weird."
Also, I doubt the accuracy of the survey given that Apple tells us they've had over $1Million in sales to customers listing our university as their school or employer in the last year. Our bookstore sells lots of iPods, but that would be a heck of a lot of iPods to hit $1 Million if so few people are buying Macs.
So, it isn't just clueless end-user tech support, but anti-Mac sentiment from their supervisors.
