Which is better Mac or PC? Why?

Answer 1

Go PC.
PC is cheaper you get more stuff for the price. AND there is ungodly amounts of hardware and expandability with a PC.

If you just have money to throw away then go Mac so you can run both MAC and PC apps

To keep compatible PC processors (Intel, AMD) are not as efficient as Mac (Motorola) if you want to break it down.

But here is my experience with Mac, I had just started working for a company. And just before purchased a 1.2Ghz Pentium III for $1500. Our Media guy said he needed a Mac because the software he needed was only available for the MAC not PC. So they bought a G4 (450Mhz) for $3000 sure it had two monitors but so did my PC it had nothing that a PC couldn’t do. So then they spent another $3000 on software. Almost all adobe products, ALL were available for the PC. In fact the only two I ever saw him use, I already had for my PC (Photoshop and Premier). Even if the Mac was 2 times as efficient my lowly PC would still have been faster at 1/2 the price. Now the price gap may be closer now, I’m not going to check.

I have a friend that insisted on getting a Mac so she got a MAC laptop. She always uses it on the windows XP side so what was the point of getting a Mac? On the Mac side she only uses the video thing that distorts your face, and I am sure she could get that for a PC too.

The biggest reason to get a PC is THE STUPID Mac commercials! Our Mac had just as many issues if not (no definitely more) then our PC’s (maybe we had a lemon) but we sent it back to apple 3 times and it was always the same when we got it back. It locked up all the time and the video and audio would always get out of sync and he was reinstalling stuff to try and fix it.

Low on Ends = go PC
Can light Benjamin’s to light your sig’s = go Mac
(or buy both) and watch the Mac gather dust

Answer 2

Oh, the big question. I have both so I can be somewhat neutral. Both are good. PCs have a greater share of the market by far and therefore have a greater variety of software. Go to Best buy or a another computer store and see what is available and what you want. Macs have alot of software too, but you have to look for it. Yahoo! and Google are to places to go for either. The real question is, "What do I want to do with it?"
Macs tend to be more expensive than PCs because they have a very strict licensing, whereas PCs are made by just about everyone so there's more competition.
As for speed, both attest to be the fastest but if that is a concern, plan to spend lots of cash on either. On the lower price range I find the Macs to be a bit faster. Don't go on clock speed alone. It really depends on the software.
The newer Macs are now running on Intel processors making them more compatible with software written for Windows.
As for actual use, Macs tend to have a "cooler" interface but Windows isn't bad either. Remember that Windows has been geared more for the business market.
All in all, I like them both. I am in the market for a new laptop and so now I have the big question. Mac or PC?

Answer 3

It seems to me that everyone had the 15mins of fame here, so, let me claim mine. While it remains true that the PC is more prolific than Mac, the Mac is a more superior computer than the PC. What is unique about the Mac is that you must use apple parts when building the unit. The PC, however, does not limit you to a particular brand or vendor hardware. Thus, you have myriad of peripherals vying to communicate with each other often creating instability within the PC. Mac proprietary control of the peripherals that their computers are comprised of establish a certain protocol that enables communication with minimal interruption. THEREFORE, the Mac is more of a stable computer and by far the BETTER.

Additionally, it comes with a nice price tag. Good luck on your wallet, or call your rich uncle.

Answer 4

difficult question... Macs are quite sturdy and intensely last a lengthy time period, although not many classes fit with the MAC... pc, is extra universally like minded yet a lot extra at chance of system defects and viruses... in the experience that your searching for an outstanding pc, i'd flow mac, yet when you're searching for something to serve a particular objective, you are able to prefer to flow pc... value is also an situation... pcs may be affordable, yet upkeep may nicely be extreme priced, the position as macs will very last lengthy with few complications, yet are far extra extreme priced. in words of consumer friendliness, pcs are very perplexing to make sure out, the position as macs are often actual understood and used.

Answer 5

I'd say a Mac, but everyone has a personal favourite.

It depends what you're doing, I guess, but I can do everything on a Mac a PC can do, and more.

Answer 6

The Bottom Line If you-have $2,500 to spend, and it's really-not an issue, I think the Mac might-be the way to go. If money-is an issue, the-PC is your machine.

Hello I'm back. I'm back. I'm back to tell you more about my experiences using a Macintosh computer and a Windows computer. I use them both. Rather, I used them both. See, just this past week, I sold my iMac on eBay for $1,225.00. Ah geez, how could I do that!? Well, because $1,225 is a good return on a $1994.00 investment and Apple is introducing new iMacs next month. That was my logic.

But anyhow, how's a Mac compared to a PC and vice versa?

Well, until Apple souped up the G4 and then later came out with the G5 processor, its machines didn't stand a chance against PCs. They weren't fast enough. It was pretty ridiculous. There really wasn't an argument, even though you would always get the hogwash from the Mac zealots in the rest of these editorials here.

Still, I think it'll take a dual 2.5 gigahertz G5 machine to effectively run Virtual PC with Windows XP or Windows 2000 going at the same time as OS X. I think that's the benchmark. Can you run OS X nice and clean and also run Virtual PC with Windows XP/2000 nice and clean? I'd like to see that happen. Until I do, I won't buy into the hype that Apple has cranked out some big time chips like the high flying P4 extremes or Athlon 64s.

But in my last editorial I spent a fair amount of time on the GUI. The graphical user interface. How are the GUIs different and how are they used and how are they productive, relatively speaking?

To each his own, for starters. You have to be willing to learn a new system. I was willing to learn OS X. I became proficient with the mousing around and effectively using the dock and so forth. I don't use keyboard shortcuts and some Macheads might stuff my comment box here that that's my problem, but that cuts both ways - on the PC side too. Getting back to using OS X, it's a fine GUI. It's a beautiful GUI. In many ways, Apple has made its GUI more productive and easier to use than Windows' GUI. In many ways, yes. But in the most productive ways? I'm not so sure.

I still think the taskbar in Windows is the key to this whole thing. I brought this point forward in my first editorial on this subject and I'll bring it back because it remains firmly my strongest point. The taskbar keeps everything "on top." In Windows, if you want to move around, work on a Word document, multitask and surf a webpage, keep a game of chess open, and have the MP3 jukebox open, all of those applications are in the taskbar. It takes one click to get to the active application.

The same approach can be a headache with the Mac. These applications indeed may be sitting in the dock, but if the windows are open, you'll need to minimize all open windows that are in front of that active application that you're looking for, before you get to it and can do what you want. It's a process of minimizing, maximizing, and so on. The dock helps, and I've said that before. The dock was a tremendous innovation with OS X. Without it, I wouldn't consider using a Mac.

How about some other issues?

Early on I said I sold my iMac for $1,225. For $769.00, over the course of two years, I used that iMac. That's all it cost me. It's amazing to me the resale value of Mac computers. Imagine trying to sell a two year old Windows PC. You'd be lucking to get ANYTHING! I think one of the reasons that resale value for Macs remains so high is because retail prices for new Macs is always so high. I'm looking at replacing my iMac and a decent Power Mac is going to cost me over $2,000. I'll wait for the new iMacs to come out, but I'm sure they'll be pricey too.

Still, it's nice to know that you're making an investment, and not paying a "technology fee." Because the latter is really what you're doing when buying a PC. You really can't expect to get anything out of it when you're thru with it. Who's going to buy it from you? Maybe your brother or sister for $100? Maybe?

I never had a problem with my iMac. The machine never blinked. I could tell it was made of quality components. It just seemed like a sturdy machine.

The operating system ran so smoothly. It never crashed. Any error message I ever received was my fault. Maybe I stuck the wrong media in or I downloaded the wrong application or whatever. Never some bogus error message from Apple telling me that I have my application has a fatal error and must be shut down immediately...would I like to send a report? What a joke.

I'm going to wrap this one up. I may write another on this subject. But from this editorial I would like to stress that even though Macs are expensive, I would say that they're worth it. I don't know that I would have said that a couple of years ago. The new Macs with the 1.25 gigahertz chips in them and the Power Macs with the G5 chips in them are fast enough. I've used those machines and tested them. My iMac WAS NOT fast enough. That's one of the reasons I sold it. I still can't believe I got $1225 for it.

And I also wish to stress that I still think that Windows is the operating system for multitasking. It remains the case. The taskbar remains a killer function of its GUI. The dock and Expose of OS X have not leveled the playing field. Sorry Apple, you still have a ways to go.

Answer 7

PC is better mac don't have much memory and PCs have in between 8 gigabytes through about 300 gigabytes.

Answer 8

Hi. Which ever meets your need. They both have strengths and weaknesses. PCs are attacked more because there are more of them, Macs are great for things involving videos and imaging, and I'm sure much else.

Answer 9

Apparently, Slappy hasnt tried to do much with his Mac! The software on the market tells the story!

Answer 10

pc's for gaming, macs for creativity. its that simple. but you really cant upgrade a mac.