How to convince my friends to get an iMac?

[TSE]

Hey iMac fans.

A lot of my friends went the Mac mini + Apple Studio Display route, which as we all know is an utterly foolish thing to do compared to getting an iMac.



I've tried to convince them a few different ways:

-I've let them know that Apple has an amazing trade-in policy where they will put credit towards a new iMac when they turn in their Mac mini & Studio Display

-Held nice dinner parties that while the wives are in the kitchen preparing, I give my friends a test drive of the iMac and show them how much better it is than the mac mini + studio display

-Utilize Apple's AR feature to show them how much more improved their setup looks with an iMac - less cables, clutter, and colors that make their interior pop

-Offered $100 out of my pocket toward a new iMac to anyone that does it

-I've even tried to circumvent their refusal by trying to get their spouses to do it behind their backs - one of them couldn't go through with it but wanted to do something else without their partner's knowledge!



Does anyone else have any further ideas on how to convince my friends to get an iMac?

 

[Apple_Robert]

In my opinion, your actions are not what I would consider normal behavior. If I was one of those friends, I would tell you to back off immediately. And if you didn’t, you would no longer be a friend. Your actions are toxic.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

In my opinion, your actions are not what I would consider normal behavior. If I was one of those friends, I would tell you to back off immediately. And if you didn’t, you would no longer be a friend. Your actions are toxic.

Well said, and I am in complete agreement with you.

@TSE: Why this compulsive need to "convince" your friends to follow a certain course of action?

State your preference, - and possibly the reasons behind it - and leave them to make up their own minds as to their own preferred purchases.

Personally, I dislike anyone who is evangelical about anything, be it cars, computers, politics, religion.......

Ny way of response, initially, I will switch off, change the subject, gaze into the distance, (if courtesy determines the outcome), or, more proactively, will take steps to put an end to the conversation, perhaps pick up a book, mention music, and, if the individual persists, make a point of distancing myself and being busy and unavailable in the future.

The nuclear option of a curt, terse, - and, if necessary, a blunt - response also exists.

In any case, I don't much care for being told what to do, or passionately and perfervidly "convinced" to follow a specific course of action, be it a purchase, or any other action.

I will note a recommendation - in that I will listen, - especially if I respect the source - and may even heed it, but I reserve the right to determine my own actions, and deeply dislike (and will resist) any attempts which resemble being hectored, lectured, convinced, controlled....

 

[Arran]

Hey iMac fans.

A lot of my friends went the Mac mini + Apple Studio Display route, which as we all know is an utterly foolish thing to do compared to getting an iMac.



I've tried to convince them a few different ways:

-I've let them know that Apple has an amazing trade-in policy where they will put credit towards a new iMac when they turn in their Mac mini & Studio Display

-Held nice dinner parties that while the wives are in the kitchen preparing, I give my friends a test drive of the iMac and show them how much better it is than the mac mini + studio display

-Utilize Apple's AR feature to show them how much more improved their setup looks with an iMac - less cables, clutter, and colors that make their interior pop

-Offered $100 out of my pocket toward a new iMac to anyone that does it

-I've even tried to circumvent their refusal by trying to get their spouses to do it behind their backs - one of them couldn't go through with it but wanted to do something else without their partner's knowledge!



Does anyone else have any further ideas on how to convince my friends to get an iMac?

Very funny. Pull the other one, lol.