Stan Beer, a long-time Windows/DOS user and opinion-maker (think Australian John Dvorak), is switching to a MacBook.
The IT commentator has long been accussed of spreading
anti-Mac FUD and just plain
getting his facts wrong.
However, in his
latest column, he declares:
Quote:
I'm not a fan of Mac OSX, mainly because I've got all this stuff stored on my Windows desktops and it would be a real hassle to move over to an alien world. However, if I can also have a Windows partition on my disk, then I can take advantage of all of the nifty things that I've been told the Mac OSX can do without me fiddling around, while doing the work I need to do in Windows. I never thought that would make sense, but now that I'm faced with a buying decision it's certainly a factor to consider.
Given that I have been a DOS and Windows user for 20 years, the fact that I am seriously considering buying a MacBook should be ringing alarm bells and sending shivers down the collective spines of Dell, Acer, Lenovo, HP, Toshiba and all the other PC notebook makers. If I'm considering the MacBook (actually we're probably going to buy three) then so will many other dissatisfied notebook users. I'm not surprised Apple's market share jumped through the roof when Boot Camp was announced.
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MTC Take: Stan Beer gets it!!! If he can be converted, despite his recent "Foot in the Mouth"
pronouncements, what more a regular user?
We tip our hats to Stan to being brave enough to "tell IT as it is"!
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