Mike Hender15 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 iniPod, iTunes, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad,

iCloud . . .‘The Apple Ecosystem’

Motivation – 2

Anytime, Anywhere – Essential eMail,

Calendar,

Contacts,

Action Lists. . . 

ButD/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 providestime 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 OutlookAny POP3 or IMAP Mail with Native Clients 

Google Calendar

iCloud Contacts

Best Mail System?

Best Contact System?

Best Calendar System?

Demonstration