a) tell them it runs "office" b) tell them, although there is no version of kazaa light, there are many other p2p programs for the mac where you can download your "free music" and…

I find that waving the gun around does the trick [/Leary]

Yes, security is an issue naturally. I just sold my old PowerBook to a friend of mine. I can't say he "switched", because he has never owned a computer before. He used his parent's…

Security is a great angle, as is the fact that OS X has BSD under the hood and offers a lot of the benefits of a unix/linux box along with a great UI....these are better arguements…

Basically I haven't even tried to get people to switch... but I have. One person is considering it and another is actually going to go out and do it. Basically I would use my Power…

Agreed that if your main interest is gaming you should get a PC. Still, there's plenty of good games on the mac. More than I have time for anyway.

No pop-ups when you browse porns with Safari.

Quote: Originally posted by tavilach: Personally, I think gaming is retarded. It's fun, but it only makes me depressed after I come to the realization that I've spent ho…

Quote: Originally posted by khufuu: The biggest thing is convince them that they won't be missing anything on the Mac that they have on the PC. If you're brother plays …

The biggest thing is convince them that they won't be missing anything on the Mac that they have on the PC. If you're brother plays a lot of games... don't bother. You'll never c…

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Okay, you're going to need some nylon rope, a whip, and a chair.

1.) Let them use the machine for 20-minutes. 2.) Start them slow on the iApps and then build up from there. 3.) Ask them what they "think" they cannot do on a Mac (There is Micr…

Show them, let them play around on it a little, then let them decide on their own.

I know there are thousands of posts about switching. I switched to a G5 and love it. Now I'd like to convince my brother to switch to a G5 instead of upgrading his PC. He just d…

Quote: Originally posted by gorickey: Baseketball. (sic!) ? -t

Shaolin Kung fu now I have the time to train properly! Won't be balencing on spears or developing "Steel jacket" any time soon tho!

Quote: Originally posted by dcmacdaddy: As long as I am doing something outdoors I am happy. Yeah, I feel the same way. Give me a trail or a river and a map…

Bike & Hike�

Quote: Originally posted by voyageur: What's your summer sport this year? (Or winter if you're in Oz ) I recently discovered a fun sport: trail-running. My dogs got…

rock climbing. unfortunately due to the fact that i am in florida and it is flat here i have been confined to a climbing gym. hey it could be worse. i am going to london for a mo…

Fishing and Geocaching, which is hiking, but with an ammo box at the end

Cycling.

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: What about drinking games? Does that count? sounds fine to me