How many people have YOU switched?
1. Today, my friend, a Dell user switched to an iBook after my constant nagging about how much they sucked, and I snuck my PowerBook into history class and played Quake 3 in my backpack, which, of course, filled everyone with awe.
2. Soon, another friend will be buying a PowerBook.
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2. Soon, another friend will be buying a PowerBook.
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Working with my parents, uncle will probably switch within the next year.
I am not a bad little salesman.
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<strong>3 friends, over 300 eMacs sold to my school. I went to the school board and had them replace a few old PM 5300 labs with eMacs. They were going to go with PC's but I helped them realize that the eMac was a great value and that EVERY other lab was Mac only. They were going to have 2 types of OS's to deal with, a definate no no for schools.
I am not a bad little salesman.
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Hot damn. :eek: That's amazing.
<strong>My wife, my sister, My buddy Ryan, My buddy Dan, My Doctor Pat, My friend Bell. Not too bad of a start. for this year anyway.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You switched your doctor? I've never heard that one.
I, on the other hand, have switched noone. I did get some of my friends thinking about it enough to not believe the myths anymore.
<strong>3 friends, over 300 eMacs sold to my school. I went to the school board and had them replace a few old PM 5300 labs with eMacs. They were going to go with PC's but I helped them realize that the eMac was a great value and that EVERY other lab was Mac only. They were going to have 2 types of OS's to deal with, a definate no no for schools.
I am not a bad little salesman.
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I don't wanna sound like an obsessor, but that's pretty effin' good. You should be respected!
so they just sit there unused. what a waste...
Unofficially: 2
The first was my former girlfriend ("ex" sounds too negative). When the Cube was in its... oh, second revision, I think, she was going to get a machine for her photography work in college. She wanted a Mac, because she'd used them for her high school paper, but I helped her choose one. Okay, so that's not a "switch", but a reassurance and consulting.
The second, although I probably wasn't the sole influence, I had a hand in. My friend Jennifer bought an iBook about two months ago for her Master's work, and was so excited to tell me about it when she ordered it. She knew I have had good experiences with Macs, and that probably had a big influence on the decision.
My brothers and I are still trying to get my parents over to Mac ONLY. They have a old piecemeal PeeCee, and a PowerMac 7100, and we're doing our darndest to convince them that they really don't NEED the PeeCee once they get a new Mac (like an eMac or something). They give us this drivel that the "book" my dad's working on should stay on the PeeCee and they want to keep it around for that.
We tell our parents that we all have way more experience trouble-shooting Macs, and they're much more user-friendly when problems DO arise, so it would behoove (sp?) them to have only Macs if we're going to help them with them.
But I am trying very very hard.
Latest switcher was this weekend!! A lady friend of mine decided if she was going to upgrade, she wanted someting good that would last for years.
We went online and priced a Dell system on "special" with a 17" digital flat panel, DVD-ROM drive and CD-RW drive, at $1599.
We then went to the local Apple Store and checked out a 17" iMac for only $200 more. After realizing that the iMac would burn DVDs and the Dell would not, plus playing with the iMac for a while, checking out junk mail filtering and Sherlock, she went home and ordered an iMac.
<strong>You switched your doctor? I've never heard that one.
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Ya, it is pretty cool actually. My wife is his nurse. And since she is a switcher, all she would talk about is how her Mac could do this or that, while the PCs they have at work sucked. He would always give us flack about having a Mac, hell, when I got my wife her zire, he said "What is that some kind of Mac thing?" Anyway, he later asked me to do a webpage for him. So I did. He then asked about what computer to get and why. I was honest, and I told him all about these PCs that they are advertising, but he then asked, "Well, why do YOU use a Mac then?" I told him.....SOLD!!! The cool thing was his wife was back into Macs years ago, and hasn't touched their computer for ages, now that he is getting a Mac that is all that they are talking about, including the commercials they see, and which ones they are getting. He will be using them in his private practice exclusively. It is a great thing to switch someone who people respect to sow the seed of Mac.