Friends don’t let friends do Windows

A friend and business associate of mine, Max (not his real name), recently took a huge leap of faith and switched from the Mac to the Windows world. Why on earth would he do this? Simply put – he felt that although the Mac would always be his personal favorite platform, it simply could not meet his growing business needs adequately anymore.

Last week Max made the move. He eBay'd his precious Powerbook and bought an
eMachines laptop and he was prepared to hold firm on his decision until G5 Powerbooks and
Tiger were within his grasp... however long that took. Max doesn't take his commitments lightly, and he committed to this decision with super-glue-like resolve.

I was obviously dismayed by his decision, although I admittedly admired his fortitude. I do love the Mac platform, but even I believe that the best tools for the job aren't always the tools you actually like the best. I playfully teased him about how sorry he'd be and what a terrible mistake he was making. He remained resolute despite my protests.

Today I received the following email from Max:

Subject: My nightmare is over

I just wanted to properly eat crow, and admit to all of you that my Windows experiment was an abject failure. 
A combination of crappy hardware, inelegant programming, in-your-face alerts, and a few other insurmountable factors have led me to eBay my windows laptop, and, since I already sold my 1.5Ghz PowerBook (for $100 more than it cost me...
Yay developer discount and eBay craziness!), I'm writing this from my 1.2Ghz 12" iBook, which I will be delighted to use until the G5/Freescale (whichever comes first) PowerBooks arrive.

I have to say, I am now officially platform-biased.  I was nearly there before, but I am SEVERELY so now.

A subsequent iChat exchange went like this:

He added:

So, this iBook is significantly faster than an Athlon 3000+ running Windows XP home, with equal RAM, but the iBook has a slower drive. WTF? It's the bottom-end iBook, too. 1.2/12.1" Anyway, preaching to the converted.

I hate to kick a guy when he's down, but holding back the "I told you so" is very difficult for me. Despite that, I
have, as you can see, welcomed Max back to the fold and will support him in his quest to find the perfect Mac-compatible CRM software with which to run his business – the prevailing reason he felt he had no choice but to switch to begin with. If anyone has any recommendations on suitable solutions,
please let me know! Max needs all the help he can get right now :)