Mike Hender 15 May 2012 MOVING TO THE MAC
Moving to the Mac Why move? – Motivation Why not? – Obstacles How to do it? – Approach What happened? - Results and Recommendations
Apple seem to be doing something right
Motivation - 1 Increasing Investment in iPod, iTunes, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, iCloud... ‘The Apple Ecosystem’
Motivation – 2 Anytime, Anywhere – Essential , Calendar, Contacts, Action Lists... But D/B of Record on PC in Outlook
Motivation – 3 Anytime, Anywhere – Nice to Have Photos, Videos, Documents
Obstacles – 1 25 years of PC experience Software investment Office, Outlook, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver...
Obstacles – 2 Rival Ecosystems ‘Life on the edge’ ‘The Simple Stick’
Approach Retirement provides time and inclination Corporate-to-Consumer Link iPhone, iPad to PC using the Cloud Google, iCloud, Dropbox Buy MacBook Pro and add to network Buy ‘Parallels Desktop’ Windows emulation software Capitalise on ‘Moving to Mac’ tools and services
Results & Recommendations Great for Consumer, Early Days for Corporate Wonderful hardware design Simple Software takes some getting used to Multitouch pad a joy to use Save money – move off Outlook Any POP3 or IMAP Mail with Native Clients Google Calendar iCloud Contacts
Best Mail System?
Best Contact System?
Best Calendar System?
Demonstration