Andy Lee’s weblog

Based on the anecdotal evidence I’ve been seeing, it looks like Apple is doing a good job of pleasing new customers.

• My friend Sheila got an iPod Nano after her Rio died. She likes it, but she complained about how addictive the iTunes Music Store is, because it’s so easy to buy music and have it show up on the iPod without any of the work she used to have to do. I’ve had similar experiences with the iTMS, where one song purchase keeps leading to another. I don’t know if Sheila will ever get a Mac, but she certainly qualifies as a happy Apple customer. She was also happy with the help she got at the Cambridge, MA, Apple Store.

• Last year my cousin Peter was given an iMac DV by a friend who was upgrading. Despite the machine’s age, it runs OS X perfectly well, and Peter likes the fact that it doesn’t get infected by viruses. This week I’ll be helping him buy an Intel Mac Mini.

• A few nights ago, I was in a dinner group and talked to a fellow who’s about to get a Mac and is excited about it, because of the ease of use and the beautiful screen and the absence of viruses. He’s sick of Windows blowing up on him all the time. He’s signed up for Mac training and support, to make his transition as smooth as possible. He was persuaded to make the transition partly because his father has a Mac and is happy with it.

• Today I came across a great blog posting by a Web developer who was once a diehard PC user. He now fully admits he is one of those people who will bore you to death with his praise for the Mac.

  Here’s one of his observations:

  Mac users are better looking. I took my wife to the Apple store so I could buy a laptop bag and she said, “Gosh. I should send my single friends here. They could pull.” As compared to the time I dragged her to the computer fair off Tottenham Crt Rd, “These people smell. Can we leave?”