Re: Three Senior VPs Switching: The Reasons
Last week you guys asked me a few questions on how I've helped get these senior VP/CxO types to switch to Macintosh at our company. Not entirely sure about one of them, I asked around... and here is what I've got.
Person #1 -- as highly circulated earlier this year, he switched because Windows and Microsoft Office products were highly unstable and required frequent reinstallations. I let him borrow my PowerBook off and on for a few days over a period of two weeks and he threw everything he could at it without hiccups. He was a prior owner of the 1st-generation Windows iPod, and later reformatted it to Mac. He first bought a 15-inch 1Ghz TiBook for the office, and has since purchased a Dual 2 GHz G5 for the home, as soon as the local Apple Store called him to say it was available. Also being a UNIX geek, this guy really likes X11 and running commands through the Terminal, saying it's as cool as Linux, but runs Office better than Windows.
Person #2 -- highly aware of Person #1's visible switch, and our tag-team of promoting Macintosh over Windows, this person has always had a hobby of video editing for home movies on his computer, nearly saturating the hard drive for both home and work machines with the data. Knowing full well that iMovie and iTunes were far superior products for creativity, he too purchased a PowerBook - this time of the 15-inch Aluminum variety, and is investigating upgrading his old Macintosh at home his kids use.
Person #3 -- Seeing the activities of Persons #1 and #2, and having me as his direct report, Person #3 was seeing an increase in Mac-focused evangelism and clear productivity gains by each compared to his hassles with Windows, and its apps, like MusicMatch. Always impressed with the PowerBook's footprint, especially important for trips to our non-US offices, combined with the fact Apple recently opened a retail store in the city where he lives, he went to the Apple Store and purchased a 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook last week.
All so far are very pleased with the switch. Of course they occasionally find bumps - though most are related to the Windows-centric views of our IT department, which has now expanded our vendor list for employee laptop/desktop purchases to two - Dell AND Apple.
Off to install Panther on the DP 450 G4 at the office...
- louismg
AI
