[XxtraLarGe]

Hey everybody! How're things going? It's been a long time since I've been here, but I haven't really been doing a whole lot of gaming lately. Mostly WoW a few times a month, but I just started a new CIV IV PBEM game with an old friend of mine.

Speaking of which, I'm pleased to report that the reason we're playing Civ IV is because he finally bought a Mac. Prior to this, he was a PC owner, and an Amiga owner before that. Having worked on him for years, he finally came over to the Mac side. He's now the proud owner of a 24" iMac.

Meanwhile, late last summer, I was able to convince my in-laws to buy a Mac for their Vacuum Cleaner business and got a free iPod Touch out of the deal Unlike her old PC, my mother-in-law now uses it pretty much daily for printing envelopes with Address Book, and looks up part numbers for repairs on the internet, and e-mail.

Anybody else have any cool Mac conversion stories?

[the Battle Cat]

I convinced a couple of in-laws to get a Mac back in the Mac SE Mac Plus days. They have since gone over to the dark side claiming more software and hardware for cheaper. I sent a nephew from one of those families a Star Wars poster in email (He was a HUGE Star Wars fan), it had an apple logo in the lower right corner and he popsnizzle a brick, telling me not to send him Apple crap anymore. Oh well, I almost started a dynasty.

[Frost]

So far I've managed to convert two of my cousins, one aunt, and my grandmother to using Macs. And of course my parents came that way, seeing as how my dad got me started on Macs in early 1985 (check my birthdate in my profile to see just how early in life I got started).

As far as how I did it, somehow I got the reputation of being the computer whiz in the family and gradually more and more people have listened to my suggestions on what to use. I think my grandma is the biggest example of just how easy Macs are to use. She would never, EVER have been able to figure Windows out. She had a hard enough time with the MacOS as it was (she had literally never used a computer before she one day decided she wanted one and I located an iMac for her).

[jackdawsson]

The only person I've converted to Mac was my former psychotherapist. We reversed roles for a while as Windows was driving him mad.

[teflon]

a couple of house mates over the last few years, but thats about it. Its generally just a case of them saying "i need a new computer" and me badgering them into getting a mac if they can possibly afford it (which is often a stretch)...

[alldaveallen]

I just convinced my 74-year old aunt to buy an iBook (or whatever they're called these days--the lower-cost laptop). Her first computer since she retired from teaching 12 years ago. She'll bringing it out when she comes to visit and I plan on loading it up with the most brutal games I can find.


Or maybe just Snood.

[The Liberator]

Frost, on May 14th 2009, 05:32 AM, said:

And of course my parents came that way, seeing as how my dad got me started on Macs in early 1985 (check my birthdate in my profile to see just how early in life I got started).

Nice, three is early.

Anyway, I have not been able to convert anyone yet, but I am slowly nudging a few friends in the right direction.

Liberator.

[XxtraLarGe]

I forgot to add that my cousin bought a Mac about a year ago after my recommendation, so that's 3 for me

[Pegasus]

I've managed to get a friend in Oz over the tipping point. Her old Windows lappy died not too long ago and she was weighing her options. Now she's the owner of a Macbook Pro.

[XxtraLarGe]

I just posted about the MacBook speed bump on my Facebook page, looks like my cousin Sally is going to buy one too.

[the Battle Cat]

I'm such a Macslacker...

[DaveyJJ]

Slackers the whole lot of you ...

I don't think I can count the number of people I've converted since the late 1970s to Apple computer hardware. Just off the top of my head ... my parents, sister, brother, three co-workers here, seven co-workers at my previous place (plus I got that engineering company to buy at least a dozen machines as well), a relative of one of those co-workers in London (who is *really* well off and buys every new piece of Apple hardware now like mad), a co-worker's sister, two of my cousins, my aunt, three of my wife's business partners ... hell, I can't begin to recall the rest.

At least another 10 to 15 more along the way?

[The Liberator]

Hot damn, that must have been a lot of bribes.

Liberator.