Learn more about the Secret Office Guy, and check the SOG archive . When I report to my high-rise based cubicle in downtown Chicago every morning, I face the stark reality that my day will consist of punching a keyboard attached to a Windows NT box. It's getting old. When I go home in the evening I get to bang on my Mac. But for all the evangelizing on the Mac web, we know that the Mac is a far cry from perfect.
Many evangelists forget they are experts.
A task he or she finds easy on the Mac might be very difficult for someone with less experience and passion. My workplace is not dominated by WinDoze, but we like to keep one around. Macs are only great when compared to PCs. Whenever one of us gets frustrated with a Mac, we can simply crank up the old PC, and try something interesting, like attaching a Zip Drive. A few days later, we've restored the BIOS, reinstalled some software, reset all the control panel preferences, and lost data.