In the form of a survey
2006-08-26 08:06:13 · 6 answers · asked by tonda_pooh_2004 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
-cost
-access to customer support
-availability of hardware, software
-enviroment and compatibilty(not a big issue if you are in americas or uk) of other technologies around you.
-personal preference(what you like, what looks good to you)
2006-08-26 08:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by Zambu the guru 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A word of advice, the thing is, it really doesn't matter any more. The question you should be asking, is, what is the difference between Mac OSX and Windows XP. Some of those answers are, different code base (NT for Windows, Unix for OSX), how each handles user security (in OSX you log in as a User with some admin rights but NEVER EVER do you login as "root"), in Windows you are always logged in as Adminstrator or "root" because user accounts do not have the rights to install software or modify the system (unlike in OSX). A majority of software is not available on OSX and there are few, if any freeware applications. There are far more applications and freeware stand-ins available on Winodws.
Hardware wise, PCs and Macs are pretty much the same now. Save for the fact that you can only run OSX on Apple branded hardware. But, since it is now possible to run Windows natively on a Mac, does it really matter? If you can't do something in OSX, switch over to Windows, it really is that simple (on a Mac, of course).
If you buy a Mac, you can run both OSX and Windows. If you buy a PC you can only run Windows and all kinds of Linux Distros (but I hate Linux and OSX is very easy to use once you get used to it, I consider it to be far superior to Windows XP, let's just see what Microsoft does with Vista).
2006-08-26 15:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Security
Installed RAM
Prossesor
Network capability
Costumer Support/Warnty
Programs
Price> compared to the ram and prossesor (example both have the same ram and prossesor and sound video cards but one is twice the price)
Comes with an OS(operating system)
The sound and video card(if your using it for gaming or music)
I think thats everything youd ever want to look for
2006-08-26 15:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by Game-Guy Pro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a trip to your local software shop and look at programs you mite be interested in, you will find the mac wont run most of them!
2006-08-26 15:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
case design, cpu, upgradeablity, software version eg apple as macOS and ibm has windows.
why mac switched to intel's cpu's etc..
2006-08-26 15:11:05 · answer #5 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intended use, intended age, your own tech level, price
2006-08-26 15:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋