Comments on: My Dad + Macintosh = Ahhh… http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html Guidance, Insight and Ideas in a Time of Accelerating Change Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: ...from every angle http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-824 ...from every angle Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:37:48 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-824 <strong>Será que eu deveria fazer isso?</strong> É comum pessoas que conheço me perguntarem que computador devem comprar. Afinal, eu sou, aos olhos dos meus amigos e parentes, um verdadeiro geek, que conhece "tudo" de computador. O que é simplesmente impossível. Mas isso é outro papo. Já... Será que eu deveria fazer isso?

É comum pessoas que conheço me perguntarem que computador devem comprar. Afinal, eu sou, aos olhos dos meus amigos e parentes, um verdadeiro geek, que conhece “tudo” de computador. O que é simplesmente impossível. Mas isso é outro papo. Já…

]]> By: Em todos os sentidos… http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-825 Em todos os sentidos… Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:29:10 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-825 <strong>Será que eu deveria fazer isso?</strong> É comum pessoas que conheço me perguntarem que computador devem comprar. Afinal, eu sou, aos olhos dos meus amigos e parentes, um verdadeiro geek, que conhece "tudo" de computador. O que é simplesmente impossível. Mas isso é outro papo. Já... Será que eu deveria fazer isso?

É comum pessoas que conheço me perguntarem que computador devem comprar. Afinal, eu sou, aos olhos dos meus amigos e parentes, um verdadeiro geek, que conhece “tudo” de computador. O que é simplesmente impossível. Mas isso é outro papo. Já…

]]> By: BooRadley http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-823 BooRadley Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:56:01 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-823 My mom used Windows at work and had an old, tired PC at home that needed replacing. I got her an iBook for Xmas, and set her up. (I don't give anyone an admin account.) Then I travelled thousands of miles home and waited for a call. It never came. (Actually, I'd set up a blog as a personal tech support page for her. It had little purpose.) After several months, I checked to see if she was using it. We videochat with iChat. She was. She says she uses it every day. Eventually I got used to not getting any tech calls. Granted, she needed to be prodded into using anything beyond web and email. I personally ripped all her CDs and showed her how easy it was. I showed her the advantages of WiFi streaming her music from the laptop to the stereo. I showed her iPhoto. And it seems to be working. She does use her laptop as her stereo, she just went out and bought herself a digital camera, and she goes to her local Mac User Group regularly. Apparently there are a lot of seniors. She's in her 70s. So now she's a real computer user, and she's actually turning into a bit of a geek. (I try to carry on a conversation with the woman and she's half paying attention, half staring at the iTunes visualizer muttering "amazing' to herself.) Mom! Are you on drugs?! Mom! My mom used Windows at work and had an old, tired PC at home that needed replacing. I got her an iBook for Xmas, and set her up. (I don’t give anyone an admin account.) Then I travelled thousands of miles home and waited for a call. It never came. (Actually, I’d set up a blog as a personal tech support page for her. It had little purpose.) After several months, I checked to see if she was using it. We videochat with iChat. She was. She says she uses it every day. Eventually I got used to not getting any tech calls.

Granted, she needed to be prodded into using anything beyond web and email. I personally ripped all her CDs and showed her how easy it was. I showed her the advantages of WiFi streaming her music from the laptop to the stereo. I showed her iPhoto. And it seems to be working. She does use her laptop as her stereo, she just went out and bought herself a digital camera, and she goes to her local Mac User Group regularly. Apparently there are a lot of seniors. She’s in her 70s.

So now she’s a real computer user, and she’s actually turning into a bit of a geek. (I try to carry on a conversation with the woman and she’s half paying attention, half staring at the iTunes visualizer muttering “amazing’ to herself.) Mom! Are you on drugs?! Mom!

]]> By: Nick Young http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-822 Nick Young Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:31:08 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-822 Nice to hear that your Dad is getting along nicely with his Mac. After showing people around OS X and giving them some time to use it most people really enjoy Macs. There is just the initial resistance because of their familiarity with Windows. I recently got my Aunt to switch for almost the same reason. She really enjoys her new MacBook and I'm slowly teaching her how to use it. She love how easy and simple OS X is and I love how easily I can teach her about it :) I'm writing a series of articles about my little help sessions with her that may help others who are also teaching their family/friends how to use a Mac. You can read it here: http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/03/10/help-session-1-meet-mr-macbook/ Nice to hear that your Dad is getting along nicely with his Mac. After showing people around OS X and giving them some time to use it most people really enjoy Macs. There is just the initial resistance because of their familiarity with Windows.

I recently got my Aunt to switch for almost the same reason. She really enjoys her new MacBook and I’m slowly teaching her how to use it. She love how easy and simple OS X is and I love how easily I can teach her about it :) I’m writing a series of articles about my little help sessions with her that may help others who are also teaching their family/friends how to use a Mac. You can read it here: http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/03/10/help-session-1-meet-mr-macbook/

]]> By: PXLated http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-821 PXLated Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:25:36 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-821 Like you, I was the family/friends tech support on both platforms until I got rid of my last PC. So far all my relatives (and most friends) have switched to Macs. I absolutely refuse to support PCs anymore. Life is just so much easier. Like you, I was the family/friends tech support on both platforms until I got rid of my last PC. So far all my relatives (and most friends) have switched to Macs. I absolutely refuse to support PCs anymore.
Life is just so much easier.

]]> By: Technology Evangelist http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-826 Technology Evangelist Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:59:43 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-826 <strong>Mac vs. Vista: Who Treats Novices AND Techies with Respect?</strong> Steve Borsch over at Connecting the Dots has a great article on switching his father over to a Mac from a PC after growing tired of removing spyware and adware from his father's computer. My Dad + Macintosh = Ahhh...... Mac vs. Vista: Who Treats Novices AND Techies with Respect?

Steve Borsch over at Connecting the Dots has a great article on switching his father over to a Mac from a PC after growing tired of removing spyware and adware from his father’s computer. My Dad + Macintosh = Ahhh……

]]> By: Lenny http://iconnectdots.com/2007/03/my_dad_macintos.html/comment-page-1#comment-820 Lenny Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:21:12 +0000 http://iconnectdots.com.s11974.gridserver.com/2007/03/my-dad-macintosh-ahhh.html#comment-820 I had a similar experience with my parents. They had an old eMachine that was constantly infected with viruses and spyware. So, a few years ago, I bought them an eMac and installed VNC Server. Now they wonder how people function without Macs! ;) Then my father-in-law decided to take the plunge. After probing my brain a while, he bought himself a Mac Mini. The "support calls" from both sides of the family are few and far between now. One thing I made sure to do when setting up my mothers Mac. I did NOT give her admin priviliges. I did give my step father admin priviliges, because he has more knowledge. It's good to know that Mac software will work for non-admin users, unlike some OSes. I had a similar experience with my parents. They had an old eMachine that was constantly infected with viruses and spyware. So, a few years ago, I bought them an eMac and installed VNC Server. Now they wonder how people function without Macs! ;)

Then my father-in-law decided to take the plunge. After probing my brain a while, he bought himself a Mac Mini. The “support calls” from both sides of the family are few and far between now.

One thing I made sure to do when setting up my mothers Mac. I did NOT give her admin priviliges. I did give my step father admin priviliges, because he has more knowledge. It’s good to know that Mac software will work for non-admin users, unlike some OSes.

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