The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Mac takes bite out of Windows
Last week, in The Seattle Times - right in Microsoft’s heartland - journalist Paul Andrews wrote and article exhorting readers to dump Windows computers, and switch to Apple Macs.
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear from a friend or colleague with a monumental Windows problem.
I tell them I’m glad to help, on one condition: Next time they buy a computer, they agree to consider a Macintosh. A year ago, after a particularly trying week of spyware, adware, viral attacks, lock-ups and reboots, I changed my primary computer to a Mac.
As a Mac user of two years, it is nice to not have the constant worry of whether my security software is up-to-date enough. And these things are reactive for the most part - a new and unknown virus always has the chance of breaching anti-virus checkers.
For now, anecdotal evidence suggests something is going on. Bove likes to tell Windows sufferers, “It’s not your fault. But it is your problem.”
The easiest fix is simply to change brands
It still can be challenging long after switching. Just yesterday my kids got a CD distributed right across Australia to kids playing junior age cricket that only runs in Windows. But it’s worth persevering, these little bumps are long the way are worth it for the security and some of the cool software.
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