Welcome to MacBites. We’re 3 Mac geeks from the UK who all switched (from the world of Windows) in 2006 and haven’t looked back since!
I’m Mike Thomas and I’m an IT professional, who, ironically, works for IBM where I provide IT training and support to 60,000 PC and Windows users world wide – although my mission is to convert those 60,000 people to Macs!
I’m Elaine Giles and I’m an IT professional based in Manchester, UK. I switched to a Mac in April 2006 after what proved to be a life changing visit to an Adobe event previewing Lightroom. I can assure you working with computers has never been so rewarding nor so much fun.
I’m Mike Burke, and I’m also a recent switcher to the Mac platform (1st Mac just over 18 months ago). As with Mike T, I also have to suffer the inconvenience of having to use MS Windows in my daily working life. By the way, I’m employed in an ICT Technician role for a pretty well known communications provider. As well as longing to own every Apple product (well that’s according to my wife), I’m pretty much a complete gadget nut. Therefore, you may often have to put up with me digressing into a rave about the latest and greatest on my wish list, and then when I get to own new stuff…well you know the type
So there’s a tiny first impression of us three – there is hope for us, isn’t there? Ah well, so first impressions do count after all. Come to think of it, there must be a Geek test to sit, as I don’t believe I’m there yet – Mike T, we don’t want to mislead any potential listeners do we.
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your podcasts. I’ve recently moved over to a mac myself (2 months ago) and am enjoying it except for one or two week problems – I need an updated driver for my HP3800 scanner and I would love to get Publisher (dont groan) to work. Have tried Parallels but cant get windows to activate properly – twas ever thus!
Hi Bridgeford
Glad to have you aboard. I was very lucky with my scanner (an Epson 1670) it worked without even installing the original driver … much to my surprise!! Unfortunately, MikeT and I have had no luck getting our sheet fed Fujitsu to work at all so I know where you’re coming from.
If you’re having no luck with Parallels why not give VMWare Fusion a go – there’s a trial version available. I’ve used Parallels since I got my Mac but I also bought Fusion during a promotion and it seems to be even faster for me than Parallels, it also seems that the Windows installation on Fusion needs reactivating a lot less than the Windows installation on Parallels.
Elaine