The Magic of iChat
For her anniversary and birthday, my mom got her first mac. The biggest selling point (just ahead of a virus-free computing environment) was iChat Video. She's had it for a couple weeks and my sister and I have both given her lessons, but she still was having trouble understanding why this was better.
"My friend Vicki asked why Mac's are better, but I didn't know what to say."
Tonight, as we did our first family video-chat, she definitely got it. The excitement of seeing us both was great, I'm sure, but I think she understands that Mac stuff just works™.
I'm happy that there's a good chance my mom will no longer dread sitting down to wrestle with the computer. Even if she only understands email, chat and web browsing, she's starting to feel comfortable and it'll open up some new doors for her.
As an aside, the quote from my mom led to a hilarious exchange. Here's how the conversation played out:
"For one, it is much easier to use. Secondly, it is much more secure. There has yet to be a virus that's effected Mac users."
"I see. Why is that?"
"Primarily, there are more Windows users and therefore more Windows hackers. Also, Mac is built on a flavor of Unix, which has a history of being very stable. Have you heard of Unix before?
[pause]
"The people who don't have sex?"
[much laughter]
"No mom, not eunuchs, Unix."
[more laughter]
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