Are Macs really friendlier?

JDtech · 09-04-2010, 10:54 AM

I hear this over and over again: Macs are easier to use. Macs just work, etc. Well, I'm an old PC guy, and I've sat down with my share of Macs. Guess what? I didn't find them inherently easier to use. In fact, I was just as lost as if I had sat down at a Windows machine.

So why the hype? Where does it come from?

Thunder9 · 09-04-2010, 12:38 PM

agree, have worked with both over the years, even had to try and run a network with mixed pc's and macs through appletalk. The other issue with the macs was that purple tint to the screens, made trying to print a nightmare. Don't get me wrong I think that both are extremely capable in their owners hands, but when in a corporate setting you got 365 days tech support built it into the price of a pc and with Apple you got ninety days and then a very pricey support system, really made no sense to continue with the Macs.
Plus the fact that I was forever downloading Mac rips for the printers, trying to make them work. It was a real estate office and there were no graphic designers. just people always in a hurry. Well as they say each to his/her own.

JDtech · 09-04-2010, 12:55 PM

Interesting to hear your thoughts on this, Thunder. Funny thing: what prompted me to write this was that a friend's Mac has been in the shop for over two weeks now. Came home one day and found a big question mark on the screen. So much for "Macs just work." I figure anything you know how to use is "easy." Anything you don't know how to use is not.

Thunder9 · 09-04-2010, 01:12 PM

In the company I used to work for ( 15 years and then I became an disposable) the owner had this thing about Macs and would spend countless dollars with either him or me sitting on the phone to Mac tech support. More or less all the problems were caused by the operator not the system, when I eventually converted him to a pc the downtime was cut by at least 75%. Stiil moaned though that it wasn't a Mac, seemed to be more concerned with a lack of cachet than of cache I think.

Ken-L · 09-05-2010, 08:51 PM

When I had a computer troubleshooting business I got calls from people that had problems with their Macs, and said that they couldn't find anyone that could help. Even when I told them I was strictly PC/Windows, they still had me come out.

I was able to help them all, but Macs are not friendly when things go wrong.

sfaribault · 11-06-2010, 04:03 PM

I am an old PC guy and I look at it this way, They both just work... The longer someone is on a PC it takes awhile to unlearn PC and learn MAC.. I have some friends that purchased IMACs that needed help. I found that getting to settings was much more easy. I also found out that MACs do not need all of the maintenance that we do for windows computers.

Steve

09-04-2010, 10:54 AM	#1
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09-04-2010, 12:38 PM	#2
Thunder9 Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SW FL Posts: 40	have to agree, have worked with both over the years, even had to try and run a network with mixed pc's and macs through appletalk. The other issue with the macs was that purple tint to the screens, made trying to print a nightmare. Don't get me wrong I think that both are extremely capable in their owners hands, but when in a corporate setting you got 365 days tech support built it into the price of a pc and with Apple you got ninety days and then a very pricey support system, really made no sense to continue with the Macs. Plus the fact that I was forever downloading Mac rips for the printers, trying to make them work. It was a real estate office and there were no graphic designers. just people always in a hurry. Well as they say each to his/her own.

09-04-2010, 12:55 PM	#3
JDtech Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 308 Blog Entries: 1	Interesting to hear your thoughts on this, Thunder. Funny thing: what prompted me to write this was that a friend's Mac has been in the shop for over two weeks now. Came home one day and found a big question mark on the screen. So much for "Macs just work." I figure anything you know how to use is "easy." Anything you don't know how to use is not. __________________ Follow me on Twitter \| My Tech Blog

09-04-2010, 01:12 PM	#4
Thunder9 Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SW FL Posts: 40	hmm In the company I used to work for ( 15 years and then I became an disposable) the owner had this thing about Macs and would spend countless dollars with either him or me sitting on the phone to Mac tech support. More or less all the problems were caused by the operator not the system, when I eventually converted him to a pc the downtime was cut by at least 75%. Stiil moaned though that it wasn't a Mac, seemed to be more concerned with a lack of cachet than of cache I think.

09-05-2010, 08:51 PM	#5
Ken-L Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 150	When I had a computer troubleshooting business I got calls from people that had problems with their Macs, and said that they couldn't find anyone that could help. Even when I told them I was strictly PC/Windows, they still had me come out. I was able to help them all, but Macs are not friendly when things go wrong. __________________ "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Bukowski

11-06-2010, 04:03 PM	#6
sfaribault Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Iowa Posts: 17	I am an old PC guy and I look at it this way, They both just work... The longer someone is on a PC it takes awhile to unlearn PC and learn MAC.. I have some friends that purchased IMACs that needed help. I found that getting to settings was much more easy. I also found out that MACs do not need all of the maintenance that we do for windows computers. Steve

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