Digital Jive Services
web design, technical writing and computer support in Toronto Canada
I
have used and owned Macintosh computers all the way back to
the Mac Plus. I spent five years working for Apple tech
support and I've been helping clients with their Macs since
1996. If you need to accomplish something on your Mac and
don't know how, or if you're having a problem, I can help!
I have also supported Windows based PCs for over ten years
and I am partnered with Bonotech, a Microsoft certified company.
Canadian Mac Users! Join Canada's Mac
Community at ehMac... a great place to get help, buy and
sell Mac related stuff, or just hang out.
As a Mac user, I'm often asked (sometimes
nicely) why I would choose this minority platform over a
PC. The best answer I can give is to compare the different
design philosophies between Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft
takes a complicated procedure and wallpapers over it with a
'wizard' that holds your hand as it guides you through to
the most commonly desired outcomes. Apple looks at the
procedure, and asks "Is there any way we could make this
simpler? In an ideal world, how would this procedure work
with absolute minimum user involvement?" and then redesigns
the procedure itself. After twenty years of such decisions
by both companies I think the differences between their two
products are very obvious. I think this also explains why
Mac users are so addicted to system upgrades... neither
Windows nor the Mac OS is perfect, but us Mac users do
believe that we're getting there.
I
have always loved the 'all in one' Macs... a convenient
affection as that's always all I've been able to afford
(until now... see below). The original Macs, the iMac and
most recently the new flat panel iMac, have all redefined
the idea of what a personal computer should look like. It's
not just about looks though... these machine are easy to
set up and don't clutter your desk with cables which can
break or go missing. The form is striking... but it follows
the function.
My current computer is a Mac Pro with two quad core Xeons running at 2.8 GHz; despite being 5 years newer than the PowerMac G5 it replaced (pictured above), it looks almost identical.