Story of Another Happy Mac User

[RainMeister]

I just felt an urge to post this after my less than one year old company Thinkpad with Windows XP just crashed on me with a "Fatal Error" message. The PC lost my profile, and I got a blizzard of memory-related error messages before it shut down. As I'm working from my home office, this pile of brick is as useful to me as a door stop until our IT Dept can fix it (probably requiring a fresh reinstall of Windows).

I switched on my year-old iMac, and logged on to my company server via VPN without skipping a beat. First thing I did was to shoot off an email to IT about the problem, advising them that I was now typing on my home iMac, and telling them we should ditch these unreliable PCs.

Since moving back to the Mac a year ago, I've added two Macbooks (Blackbook, and recently an AlumiBook) to the iMac, all connected wirelessly via Airport Extreme. Gone are 3 desktop PCs and a laptop PC, together with the unreliable Linksys wireless router and 2 range expanders. I'll likely add a MBP sometime next Summer after the new processor is released.

The Macs and the Airport Extreme have worked flawlessly without any crashes or maintenance needs. I have now semi-retired from my duties as the home computer guy, and my family couldn't be happier. While many gripe that Apple products are pricey, I would gladly pay the difference again and again because it has saved me the time and the hassle.

Now I need to figure out a way to move my company away from the PCs and on to the Macs. If Macs are good enough for IBM, they should certainly be good enough for us.

 

[Solemony]

I absolutely hate PC. I used to have one many years ago (probably like 4 years). It crashed on me twice in the same year..the first time the computer caught a virus and it needed to do some cleaning and reinstall...and so was the second time. It was a disaster it was a little over a year old...>.>..

 

[RainMeister]

I absolutely hate PC.

It's funny how an inanimate object can cause such an emotional response. I was ready to heave my Thinkpad out the window before realizing I had 2 more years to go before the company allowed me a new laptop. Luckily, I don't have to deal with trying to get the thing to work again.

 

[RainMeister]

ThinkPad, those are from Lenovo right? Or the other way around.

PCs get viruses when they're unprotected and don't have a good enough firewall or anti-virus. It also helps not surfing into, let's say, less than reputable sites

Lenovo, and formerly made by IBM. As laptop PCs go, I think they're the best. I use the X61 ultra-portable.

I doubt it was a virus since the laptop has a robust set of firewalls, and antiviral software. IT also installed a browser filter that makes visiting those less than reputable sites impossible. I've got the iMac if I wanted to go to those sites.