Part 1 
I was sitting at my desk when in walked a fellow educator that I had worked with at my previous school. She began to tell me a story that I had heard numerous times from her in the past. Her Windows-based PC refused to do something that she needed it to do. 
 
Now this wouldn't be a big deal, but each time this happens, she always asks me what she should do.  
 
And each time we talk, my suggestions are always the same: 
 
1. Update your virus protection and scan. 
2. Update your anti-spyware protection and scan. 
3. Update your Windows operating system. 
4. Update all of your applications and device drivers with the latest versions from the manufacturer's website. 
5. Pray bowing at the waist westward toward Seattle. 
 
Ok...maybe I just made up that last one. : ) 
 
Actually, #5 is ALWAYS: 
 
"If you are so sick and tired of all of these problems, why don't you go buy a Macintosh?" 
 
Her answer is always the same. "I have too many applications that won't run on a Mac to buy one." 
 
I think Apple needs to create a virtual Windows environment that takes full advantage of their new Intel processors so that we can finally cross this excuse for NOT buying a Mac off the list. 
 
Part 2 
A colleague walked in a short time later with a newspaper in her hand. It turns out that it was an article detailing how The Toledo Blade was crippled by a virus that almost kept it from being published one day. The author goes on to say,  
 
"Staffers from different departments worked together side by side. People kept their tempers and worked far into the night. Most of The Blade's computers wouldn't talk to each other, but the newspaper's Macintoshes were immune to the virus. 
 
In the end the Macs and the flash drives saved the day. The paper got off the presses three hours late, but it was printed- and delivered."  
 
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone.... 
: ) 
 
CH