Today we have a two-for-one. They are totally unrelated to each other, but both are worth posting. Well, to me they are worth posting. Your opinion is just that, yours. Read and decide...
Number one:
This past Sunday I came home from a church service potluck (LifeWater Community Church) with a horrible headache. (This was not caused by the sermon, food, or anything like that!) The only thing I could do to escape the discomfort was take a nap, so I snuggled up in the recliner with my 10-year-old and proceeded to fall asleep. I really don't know how long I had been asleep, but do you know how it is to hear something while you're asleep that you sub-consciously know is a part of the conscious world? You aren't asleep enough to not hear it, so it pulls you from a semi-conscious state into full consciousness? Well, while I was sleeping, I heard this horrible snoring sound. Only after hearing it a second time and being pulled into full consciousness did I realize that the loud, chainsaw snoring was coming from my own mouth! Both the hubs and the daughter laughed at me as I laughed at myself. Then, I readjusted my position so my mouth wouldn't be hanging open and went back to sleep.
Number two:
I work in small, but busy, office. We have four PCs that are connected to a server along with three printers and all the typical office software, including an accounting program, an anti-virus package, etc. We can log into our server from our home computers. Earlier this year we survived replacing/upgrading our server and replacing/upgrading the owner's office PC. We are now in the first stages of replacing my work PC and changing the office over to the newest Microsoft and Windows products. So, when my boss called yesterday and casually asked me if we had ordered the new equipment and software yet, you can imagine my completely stupefied expression when he said, "My brother says Apples are better than PCs. Maybe we should look at changing." I think my response, both words and emotion, expressed my opinion of this comment only too clearly.
Now, before this turns into a PC vs. Mac war, I am not opposed to Macs, but they are not designed for doing what we do. We do not design artwork, buildings, or magazines. We run an office that pushes paper, and though the process of what we do is not hard, it is complicated, and we have over 10 years of data in our system that would be lost should we make this change. Virtually every computer, printer, and software program would have to be replaced, including the equipment purchased earlier this year. In all likelihood the office would have to shut down for a week at minimum, something the boss definitely does not want to do and did not factor into his comment.
The kicker of this was that he still wanted me to call our IT guy and ask his opinion of changing the office to Macs simply because his brother says the Mac OS is better! So, I did call our IT guy who, of course, said it was possible and that he would be happy to do it. "Show me the money," was also part of what he said. The labor time on this alone would probably cost $10,000.00. So, I made the recommendations to the boss and, so far, haven't heard another word about it. Let's just hope it stays that way.
