What constitutes a "switch"?

**bittersweet** · 01-26-2005, 07:52 AM

Just something going through my head the past couple of days

Is one considered a switcher once s/he gets to use any product from Apple (an iPod immediately comes to mind)? Or does it go deeper than that?
Curious as to what PhilMuggers think. :beer:

[Edited on 1-26-2005 by steeltoe]

**Sponsor** · 01-26-2005 07:52 AM

**Polar Mac** · 01-26-2005, 07:54 AM

well i think ipods are like an "entry level" to one becoming a switcher.. cuz hopefully they'd get curious if its that easy to use an ipod... what more other products of apple

**penmanila** · 01-26-2005, 08:04 AM

to really switch, i think you'd have to experience the mac OS, which means getting your hands on and using an apple computer. "switching" from a nomad or a rio to an ipod is, well, good for starters, as polar mac says--but it leaves a lot to be desired (and to be learned), doesn't it?

**hannibal** · 01-26-2005, 08:14 AM

the term switch, switching, or switcher is generally applied to pc users who veer away from exclusively using windows as an operating system and shift to OS X (or classic OS). thus, for me, just getting an ipod is 'technically' not switching especially when one is not a former user of a windows-based (or any other OS) mp3 player.

switch,v."an event in which one thing is substituted for another; the act of changing one thing or position for another

just my :2cents:

**Polar Mac** · 01-26-2005, 08:27 AM

well "technically" im just saying that getting an ipod is a start :dry:

**cyberprince** · 01-26-2005, 12:36 PM

Basically its changing your main computer from a Windows PC to a Mac.

**super_ed** · 01-26-2005, 12:45 PM

"or selling one's peecee to in order to buy a second hand clamshell"

yep i am exagerating but simply it is - letting go of another thing for the better.

**cyberprince** · 01-26-2005, 12:45 PM

Using an iPod is a start but I would not consider having one to mean the same as making the switch. Getting one could be the start that would eventually lead to becoming a mac user (just as it happened to me). People call this the "halo effect" which is the notion that strong sales of iPods will spill over into sales of Mac.

[Edited on 1-26-2005 by cyberprince]