What is the practical difference between Apple Mac & normal computers?

Answer 1

a study has shown that +60% of mac users are over the age of 60... Its a system for people who dont know much and want everything done easily. They are decent... i am not saying they are hopeless but for a normal person i recommend a PC for a few resons, firstly its more compatible with things suich as software and second it doesnt cost you heaps to get one. Macs are very expensive and are extremly hard/expensive to upgrade. After a few years you ditch your mac and buy a new one, but with a PC you can just upgrade things in it such as the CPU, Video card etc to make it faster.

HP computers are OK. I wouldnt say they are the best. I own a computer business and recommend having one custom built for you. Not a HP or DELL 'We build them for you" cause they are all just stock standards things. Great thing about PC's are you can have them made to meet your requirements. Best way to go, visit a few of your local PC shops and tell them what you do and how much you want to spend.

Answer 2

Practical difference? I can see already that I'm the only Mac user to answer this question, so far. There are certainly a lot of misconceptions about the Macintosh among PC users. They will tell you that Macs are out of date or they lack software and market share... This is all hogwash. Apple is currently experiencing an explosion of Macintosh sales, thanks to the Mac's new Intel processors and it's ability to run Windows natively alongside Mac OS X. Everyone already knows that Macs are easier to use, but even though they are easier to use, that doesn't mean they lack advanced operating system features. After all, Mac OS X is based on UNIX. It's Mac's UNIX underpinnings that make it less vulnerable to malware, not it's "lack of market share", as PC users will tell you. Here's a technical article to explain this.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/08/is_windows_inhe.html

PC users will also tell you that there is a great lack of software for the Macintosh. PC users are accustomed to seeing hundreds of software titles on a shelf, all claiming to do the same thing. There may be a million different photo editing applications, but how many of them are any good? Two or three? Simply put, crap doesn't survive in the Mac market. I've been using Mac for over two years now, and I have yet to find a task that my Macintosh can't handle, whether it's working with Microsoft Office files or communicating with PC users. Even if there ever was anything that Mac couldn't do, it's all irrelevant now, as Macs can run Windows XP, either in a dual-boot setup or right on top of Mac OS X. The only thing I couldn't do on my Mac was play Team Fortress Classic, a Half-Life game, but not any more. Whenever I want to play TFC, I just boot into Windows XP. It's the only thing I use Windows for. Other than that, my Mac handles everything else, from writing/recording music to editing photos and videos. Yes, Macs are more expensive, but not in all cases. The new Mac Pro is $1,000 less expensive than a similarly configured PC from Dell. Apple is working hard to drive down the price of the Macintosh and they're doing a wonderful job. Macs are beautiful machines. Comparing them to a PC is like comparing a Porsche to a Kia. It's all a matter of what the user wants. A lot of people are now deciding that they'd rather own a Mac than a PC. Apple's notebook sales have doubled since the release of the MacBook. Apple's stock is now at an all time high and it's mostly due to rising Mac sales, not the iPod. One analyst even believes that the Mac will see a 40% market share among home users by 2016. Then again, there are still a lot of people who are blinded by the world Microsoft has created for them. I won't be buying another PC as long as I live.

Answer 3

No Bill Gates behind them.

Macs have little home user support.

Market share.. when you go to buy software of hardware... how much is Mac compatible? Nearly none.

BTW - Hewlet Packard (HP) are made with seriously inferior components. Dell, HP, Compaq... they all make their money by selling you last years junk.. or untested junk. I have had nothing but trouble with repairs on computers bought from HP. Bad memory, DOA motherboards, and so on. Have a friend help you build one.. or do it yourself.

Macs aren't at less risk anymore. Safari is fast becoming as virus-ridden as Internet Explorer is. To be safest, use a browser that isn't connected to the system, as in not Macintosh's Safari.. OR Microsoft's IE. Try Firefox or Opera for a somewhat safer web experience.

Answer 4

They are both "NORMAL" just different OS's - Macs have an easier user interface and can do things that PC's can't or do things that PC's do only easier. However if you want the best of both worlds the new Macs can run both windows and mac operating systems - yes, they are more expensive but the extra bucks in my opinion are more than worth it.

Answer 5

In my umble opinion the main difference is that MAC is a computer used by a minority of people, so who has a MAC can experience some problems when install on it some softwares and/or it needs service.

Answer 6

Those computers are just out of date compared to HPs. If you're going to get a computer, make sure it's an HP. For the most part, HPs are better computers. I'm a computer technician. Apple Macs are a thing of the past.

Answer 7

Normal? anyway, Mac and Apple target people who have artistic and creative minds. They are very stylish, simple, and beautiful. Other computors are great with programs and are better for making raphs and charting. MAcs have less virus risk and other computors have more.

Answer 8

macs tend to cost more. also, i would only reccomend it if you highly into multimedia. otherwise i would stick with a normal labtop

Answer 9

The software.