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Any computer experts here?
What are the merits of a Mac over a PC and vica versa?
(Besides for Mac’s just being more money 🙂
Thanks
Windows is more for everyone while Mac is designed for specialty programs. (for exemple if you want to make a slide show at a family party showing family pictures you will probebly use Windows Medua Player since its more simple to use but a profesional making a presentation for a major event will use a program runing on Mac which might be more complicated but will preduce a superiour result).
I changed from PC to Mac and I love it. It was easy to make the switch, I got accustomed to it right away. I doesn’t crash like the PC did. I have more on time than off time. I don’t have to reboot as often, and there are a lot of short cuts that makes computing easier.
Macs are more focused on ease of use, and are better equipped for graphics, movie/photo editing, and made to appear more attractive, both externally and software-wise, to your average consumer.
PCs are more focused on providing an overall adequate user experience that allows more modification for more advanced consumers to personalize it to their specific needs.
When I needed a laptop for college, I wanted a Mac, but at the time, many programs I’d be using in class weren’t compatible with it. I therefore purchased a PC, and it has worked well for me.
It is much easier to play around with the Windows system. That can be a advantage or a disadvantage.
In my case Linux. I have been running Linux as my primary desktop for 20 years. It is stable, virus free and oh yea *FREE*, as is most of the software. check out http://www.ubuntu.com/
I second Zach. I’ve been using Ubuntu for about 3-1/2 years. It’s great.
Macs have fewer problems with viruses than Windows machines. On average, they also suffer less from crashes. But there there are some software programs that are Windows-only, and although it’s possible to run these programs on a Mac, they will run more slowly.
I’ve used both, and Macs are more fun. 🙂
ZachKessin,
Macs use a unix based operating system.
I’m not sure how much a user can get under the covers.
I don’t know what Jobs does with his money, and it is water under the bridge but there are horrible things about what Gates does, and there are ragliyim ledavar.
MDG: Basically, that makes OSX an expensive linux distro.
twisted: Gates gives more money to charity in a year than some countries’ GDP’s.
this is kind of a polarizing issue, i think.
I read a recent article about apple having more money than the us gov.
Considering that the US government is more figures in the red than some of us are old that wouldn’t be too hard.
Bill Gates has given away billions* of dollars. He has been a leader in the global fight to eliminate polio. While I have never been a fan of Microsoft or many of its products I will be the first to say Bill Gates has been using his vast fortune to make the world a better place!
Mind you I am still using Linux as my desktop.
*I think he has given away more than 30 Billion dollars via the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
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