{"id":37088,"date":"2026-11-13T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=37088"},"modified":"2026-11-13T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:00:54","slug":"ccatp-845","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ccatp-845\/","title":{"rendered":"CCATP #845 \u2014 Chris Ashley on Switching to the Mac After 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week brings back a voice we haven’t heard from in far too many years, Chris Ashley of the SMR Podcast. Chris is a long-time Windows user and even a Windows admin in his work life, but after 30 years, he has given up on Windows and bought his first Mac.<\/p>\n

I asked him to come on the show to get his first impressions after only two weeks. We talked about what motivated him to give up on Windows, what has surprised him, what has annoyed him, and what delights him.<\/p>\n

As I said at the end, it felt like coming home to get to chat with this delightful man again after all these years.<\/p>\n

(Also pay no attention to me saying it’s CCATP #844, I lost count again \u2014 it was #845!)<\/p>\n

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Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter marks: CCATP_2026_11_10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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