101 Reasons to switch to Mac
Mark McElroy has written an ebook which catalogues 101 reasons why anyone is their right mind should be using a Mac.
It covers a wide range of pretty persuasive arguments, from the obligatory “it just works” to the best apps for Mac, web sites, useful blogs and how to get the most out of your Mac for education, finance management and work. He also presents a great rebuttal of myths about the lack of inter-operability and the much debated question of “value for money”.
Of course, this would make excellent reading for those teetering on the brink of switching. Buy half-a-dozen for family and friends whom you would most like to rescue from themselves.
But it also contains plenty of good info for seasoned Mac users. For example, I didn’t know about the Mac modification site MacMod 
until I read about it in 101 Reasons.
In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that Hawk Wings gets a listing (which is nice) and that Mark gave me a free copy to review (which is extra nice — I’ve only had six freebies before).
So, you can also read Mark’s kind words about Hawk Wings (and its helpful, knowledgeable readers), which comes in at number 92, just under 43folders.com and just above iPod mecca iLounge.com
More to the point, you can read about 100 even better reasons why will be/are glad to be a Mac user.
It’s a steal at just USD 3.49, which works out at slightly over 6 cents a page. My wife tells me that’s the price of half a salad sandwich at the deli near her chambers.
The book is produced by the IT and technical book specialists QUE Publishing in its Shortcuts to Knowledge series and is available from Mark’s web site
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November 3rd, 2006 at 3:32 am
well, i’ve got my boys totally hooked, got ‘em a macbook last spring when they rolled out….now awaiting my mbp core2duo next week so eager to see how it works running parallels - with the new INSTALL WIZARD which is missing from this book (probably) because it was just announced yesterday i think…this is a oneclick tool for mac users to install xp or vista via a virtual machine on a mac, so i’m very excited because there are some core windows things that i can’t live without….
November 4th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Readers should be reminded that this eBook has Adobe’s digital rights management attached to it. At first I had problems “activating” the downloaded file due to issues at Adobe’s site. One additional annoyance is that purchasers wishing to view the eBook on a second computer will need to jump through extra hoops. I understand that we need to provide protection for content creators, and I do not support stealing another persons work, but gee wiz… there has got to be a better way. I use a Mac because it is less complicated. The process of purchasing and opening this eBook was not a Mac-like encounter.