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**lopesmili** · 01-23-2009, 04:12 AM

Thanks to all for the great info ...

One savvy fellow told about THIS cable from Belkin ...

But that ^ costs $50 bucks and no doubt they'd start out by saying "locate your email folder ... " and I'd have no real option except to start drinking immediately. Plus the Apple Online Sales Rep (I had to buy at Apple Online instead of at the Apple Store because of the combo of goodies I had installed) promised me that the switch from pc to mac would be "easy" -- and he also swore that if I opted for One to One that the Apple tech crew would get my emails moved from pc to mac.

Meanwhile someone with a great sense of humor (evidence: he thought I could do this myself in less than a week and with no more than a case of Scotch) directed me to something described as a DBX Converter, supposedly available ONLINE for free and which coverts MS files to mac friendly files -- but I took one look at the list of webpages and, even though it was only 11 AM, I downed a shot on the spot ...

Then I bundled up and trundled down Prince Street lugging my dying Dell. I pushed open the Apple SoHo doors and I threw myself on the big glass staircase, clutching my old pc tower and crying really loud. People avoided me (more, I think, due to the ugly old Dell tower in my arms than all my tears). But soon a great Apple-ite named Matt peeled my fingers from around the Dell and took it downstairs where the local Apple genius was instructed to extract my address book and emails and "migrate" them to my new and empty iMac. I dried my tears and was gone by noon. Then, at five this afternoon, the Apple-tons called and said I could pick up my tower -- and that all my most precious stuff was now transformed and newly-Mac'ed. I met someone at the backdoor and he shoved a heavy bag into my arms, clearly glad to see the inferior product exiting the Temple of Apple.

Tomorrow I do my first One to One with a true Apple Genius. And then a friend and I are going to Mac-out over the weekend.

I'm exhausted. And now am spending a quiet last night with my old and sadder-than-ever pc. Sorry, babe, but it's over.

And thanks, Ali -- the drinking really helped me get through the day.

01-23-2009, 04:12 AM	#8
lopesmili Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 627 Senior Member	Thanks to all for the great info ... One savvy fellow told about THIS cable from Belkin ... But that ^ costs $50 bucks and no doubt they'd start out by saying "locate your email folder ... " and I'd have no real option except to start drinking immediately. Plus the Apple Online Sales Rep (I had to buy at Apple Online instead of at the Apple Store because of the combo of goodies I had installed) promised me that the switch from pc to mac would be "easy" -- and he also swore that if I opted for One to One that the Apple tech crew would get my emails moved from pc to mac. Meanwhile someone with a great sense of humor (evidence: he thought I could do this myself in less than a week and with no more than a case of Scotch) directed me to something described as a DBX Converter, supposedly available ONLINE for free and which coverts MS files to mac friendly files -- but I took one look at the list of webpages and, even though it was only 11 AM, I downed a shot on the spot ... Then I bundled up and trundled down Prince Street lugging my dying Dell. I pushed open the Apple SoHo doors and I threw myself on the big glass staircase, clutching my old pc tower and crying really loud. People avoided me (more, I think, due to the ugly old Dell tower in my arms than all my tears). But soon a great Apple-ite named Matt peeled my fingers from around the Dell and took it downstairs where the local Apple genius was instructed to extract my address book and emails and "migrate" them to my new and empty iMac. I dried my tears and was gone by noon. Then, at five this afternoon, the Apple-tons called and said I could pick up my tower -- and that all my most precious stuff was now transformed and newly-Mac'ed. I met someone at the backdoor and he shoved a heavy bag into my arms, clearly glad to see the inferior product exiting the Temple of Apple. Tomorrow I do my first One to One with a true Apple Genius. And then a friend and I are going to Mac-out over the weekend. I'm exhausted. And now am spending a quiet last night with my old and sadder-than-ever pc. Sorry, babe, but it's over. And thanks, Ali -- the drinking really helped me get through the day.
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