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Matt Watson - VinSolutions replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Between my wife's Macbook and employees at work I am around 6 macs all the time. Of those 6, 3 have had major problems. Macs have all...
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Oscar Vanderkooij replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I do not understand this whole Mac thing. I have one at home and still prefer my PC. Although the Mac by far is easier to use for the...
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John replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I like the article, but one thing that isn't touched on are the lack of administrator controls to the desktop. When you are...
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Timothy Martell replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
LOL Sorry Ghen! Cost of living is high up here in MA!
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Mark replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
@Evan you're probably right. If EraLink is all someone needs, WINE is a good solution that only seems to be getting better. Now that...
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Evan Carroll replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
With a little bit of know how and WINE (www.winehq.com) you can run most versions of EraLink fairly effectively. This might eliminate...
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Ghen (blog) replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
$70k plus demo, plus benefits/year employee
Holy crap, I'm getting screwed.. Where's my money and demo??! LOL.
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Mark replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I started using a Mac in-dealership about 4 years ago, and that has now grown to my personal machine, plus 8 iMacs in our stores for our...
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Timothy Martell replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Great article Alex. I made the switch back in August of 06. Started with our first 24" intel iMac. Today we have over 20 Mac's in the...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Ha ha Ghen - spoken like a true IT Director!
I had to pull the Snyder-family card in order to get approval to use my Mac. And then I...
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Ghen (blog) replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Yeah yeah yeah. Mac whatever. You won't see them in my dealership though because I won't support them. If someone wants to be different...
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JIversDCH replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I just hope more and more things move to the web as connections get faster and faster so that I don't have to worry about what OS is...
hagen85 replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I have been using a Mac in the dealership for the last 3 years and I'm sad to say that I have chugged the koolaid.. There is nothing I...
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khalidkadrie replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Haha! Alex, I don't even know how to respond to that..thank you?
Jokes aside, I'm delighted to read the posts from fellow Mac lovers. I...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I have to say that I made the switch to Mac in August of 2009. Keith Latman of iMagicLab was the person who originally tried to convert...
andwrig replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Already tried a Mac in the dealership environment a few years ago with zero success. A lot has changed since then as evidenced by this...
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Mitch Gallant (blog) replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
I've been on a Mac for close to a year now in the dealership and it's excellent. I would be hard pressed to consider a PC again. I...
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Mark Winters replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
hallelujah Brother. One of the demands I made when I became the Internet Director for our three stores was that I have a Mac. Why...
Eric Miltsch replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Bravo.
How many of the other machines in your store(s) have made the switch as well?
I've toyed with bringing in a workstation for...
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khalidkadrie replied to the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership.
Alex, wonderful article! I personally find using an Apple computer in this industry to bring a unique twist to presentations, analytical...
Alex Snyder posted the thread Making a Mac work in a dealership in CRM, ILM, Chat, Desking, Emails, Phone, SMS.
Macs don't belong in car dealerships! PC's are where it's at y0!
I beg to differ. I'm making it work.
Using a Mac in the dealership...
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Matt replied to the thread You Can't Handle the Truth - A Sales Meeting w/ Grant.
I think a lot of people get offended by Grant on this one because they take it personally. If what he's saying doesn't apply to you in...
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Mark replied to the thread You Can't Handle the Truth - A Sales Meeting w/ Grant.
I'm glad i retrained for a new profession. I really believe that i was a good sales rep, maybe not a high flyer, but steady.
I was...
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Kris Thomas replied to the thread You Can't Handle the Truth - A Sales Meeting w/ Grant.
Tim, I am only saying that Cardone is wrong in this video. Can you imagine Bill Walsh, Chuck Noll, or Herman Sazarosky, telling their...
Keith Shetterly replied to the thread You Can't Handle the Truth - A Sales Meeting w/ Grant.
Do our salespeople really suck? The Elephant in the Show Room is this: We get what we pay for. I've worked with some stellar...