I received a call from a nice woman today who had a Macintosh computer that was on the blink. She made comments about how tough it was to find someone to work on her computer and thought I wouldn’t work on them either. I told her that I could look at it, but if it needed hardware work, we would have to find someone who could work on it for her since I didn’t do that. Sounded as if her disk needed initialized (Mac speak for formatting the hard drive and starting over).
Apple makes great computers and they have the best designs of any computer on the market. Overall, they are stable machines and there is not argument that they are safer to use on the Internet than Windows computers. My only reservation about Macintosh computers lies in their number of users…less than 3% of all computer users use Macintosh.
Translated, this means that if you use a Macintosh, you stand on a small island with few people. Mac users need to have a tight group of friends around them to help get over any bumps in the road. OR, they need to be extremely resourceful and knowledgeable about their Macs and where to find help online or in books. It has been my experience over the years, that PC users rely heavily on the former method…ask friends, families, and neighbors for advice. With Macintosh, that group is extremely small.
I like Macintosh computers and the newest version of the Apple operating system works great, but I don’t think that the average computer user should use a Mac unless they are extremely resourceful and knowledgeable or have an instant support group.
