Fanboys

Posted by kenshin03 on Oct 9, 2011 in mac, tech | 0 comments

While reading Revolution in the Valley some years back, one of the things that moved me was how Apple evangelists would voluntarily go off to electronics stores and offer to “fix” the retail Apple experience – ensuring software was running properly, answering questions from customers and sales reps, and the like. They were the first generation Apple Geniuses.

At one time or another, each Mac user would undoubtedly come across the chance to do his bit of evangelizing. Mine was about three or four years ago, when our department was still flat-out filled with XP laptops (with the anti-virus kicking in and commanding 99% CPU hourly) and only a handful of folks owned Apple machines. Refused to be issued a Macbook by IT, I sought to bring in my own instead. That sparked a bit of interest among my team mates (and grunt from management), especially those planning to replace their notebooks.

After hearing remarks like how the “Mac OS looks like Windows”, I had an urge to set the record straight and tell the team about the story of Apple and Steve Jobs. I consider it essential knowledge for anyone who works in the field.

Here’re the slides I showed them that afternoon. A fitting end for an unforgettable week I guess.

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