I got this passed on through a colleague in the office today. It seems that the author’s laments about moving to the Mac are based more about bemoaning learning a new system as they are about any true deficiencies in system. But before you lambast me about being a fanboy, I think this would be the same lament as would be leveled against any transition – XP to Vista, Windows to Linux, Toyota to Lexus (yes… I know they are the same company, hence the inclusion).
People are moving to the Mac faster now, largely in part because it is “the thing to do”. Apple is having great success with its campaign, as evidenced by the number of these stories we are getting. But as these mid stage adopters come onto the new platform… like the lemmings (and I’m referring to the characters in the game, not in real life) in the middle of the line, there are going to be bigger bumps for them than those at the front who might be able to dodge issues because they are leaders or those at the very tail end who are having everything already sorted for them.
In the end, this has as much to do with diffusion and change management as it does with Mac/PC.
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