Why anybody would what to switch back to PCs, I don’t really know but some people actually do. Robert Lemos wrote an article for ComputerWorld about 5 reasons to switch back to PCs from Macs.
He writes about Timothy Keanini, CTO at nCircle. Timothy has been a Mac user the past 5 years and just recently shifted back to Windows.
Apart from this Robert writes the 5 reasons to go back to Windows.
1. Productivity trumps religion - which implies that companies are more productive with Windows machines.
2. Work-arounds waste time - which implies that if you’re using Macs, you have to make work-arounds to achieve results.
3. It’s hard to abandon favorite tools - which implies that all your favorite tools are Windows based
4. Hotel California Factor - which implies that Apple forces their users not to go anywhere.
5. You may feel the heat, literally - which implies that Macs are all hot.
Well these reasons are really weak. Here are just some of my thoughts.
Productivity, hmmm.. ever since I moved to the Mac platform I’ve been more productive than when I was on windows. It’s because I spend less time fixing my computer and more time actually working on something. The only time I’m not productive is when I get distracted and that’s not the machine’s fault.
Work-arounds, well this means that I actually am using a Mac to do something that was designed for Windows. Use Mac centric tools and then no work around is needed. Better yet, use apps that adhere to standards then interoperability is assured.
Abandoning favorite tools means you haven’t let go of your Windows tools. Granted there are no exact counterparts for all Windows tools but most of it have Mac counterparts that are as good if not better. Most apps that are used already have Mac counterparts. I thought this would be a problem also in the beginning but I found tools on the Mac that could do the same if not better. At worse just install Windows via Bootcamp or Parallels.
Hotel California Factor? Well just use the standards based apps and that should be a problem. If you really needed to export your data so you can transfer it to Windows it’s easily done.
The early MacBook Pros did heat up but not as much as Powerbooks and the latest MacBook Pros aren’t even that hot anymore. If heat is really an issue then get a desktop. Apart from that a little precaution goes a long way. If it’s too hot for your lap, work on a table or place your laptop on a tray. This isn’t a deal breaker in my opinion.
Bottom line the reasons are really not that good. Give a good reason such as.. well I can’t think of one..
Oh, check out this article that a fellow ComputerWorld writer posted.
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