Mac or PC?
Mr Beech
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Not to start a war, but which do you prefer and why? And if you use both, why do you use them where you do?
I rarely touch PCs these days. I just thoroughly enjoy the aesthetics of Apple products and OSX. I do think Windows has improved greatly with upcoming Windows 8 transitions, but I can't help but see it as part of classic market competition. Where Mac lagged in some productivity, they've tried to catch up and where Windows lagged in fluidity and design, they've tried to catch up. Both are pretty capable these days and it just comes down to preference.
At this point, iCloud is heavenly to me and I am glad to stick with my Mac and iPhone.
I rarely touch PCs these days. I just thoroughly enjoy the aesthetics of Apple products and OSX. I do think Windows has improved greatly with upcoming Windows 8 transitions, but I can't help but see it as part of classic market competition. Where Mac lagged in some productivity, they've tried to catch up and where Windows lagged in fluidity and design, they've tried to catch up. Both are pretty capable these days and it just comes down to preference.
At this point, iCloud is heavenly to me and I am glad to stick with my Mac and iPhone.
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Yeah, that's what my second sentence is about.
Although I do find it funny that In everthing we have a choice in
Humans take sides ( as if we had a stake in the company ).
In photography there is a long running debate about the merits
of Canon or Nikon.
I have switched systems (into the Mac direction) 4 yrs ago and don't regret it for a second.
When I see a newly installed Win Notebook with all the "extra" stuff that it comes with (norton, Win trial, manufacturer troubleshooting) my decision gets confirmed again and again.
Make sure that you google the questions that you have with "Mac" at front and you'll manage the change with ease.
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e.g. Last year I upgraded my Macbook Air, sold my old one for £500. My fathers Sony Vaio of a similar age is worth virtually pennies of its original value which I'm afraid has always been the case with most PCs, after a few years they are worth practically zilch!
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Yes, but they cost a fortune in the first place - whereas a pc is relatively cheap to start with....although you do get a longer 'life' out of a Mac...especially if you update the operating system - although that isn't cheap either
Both have good/bad points...I've never had a Mac as they are too expensive for my budget though...
My old mans Vaio was actually more expensive then my Macbook Air and its made of plastic!!
Upgrading the OS on a Mac is what - 20 quid? Not bad compared to the Windows 7 etc
Really ? They must have seen him coming then
£20 ? You sure ? My old boss had to pay £150 to upgrade his OS to Snow Leopard....
Snow Leopard cost me £25, think Lion and Mountain Lion are £20, before that they were like you say, silly prices!
Now you hermit show me how to send an email or to log in on AJB with that thingie......
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Ah you take the piss now, but my computer doesn't crash, can't be hacked and even works without power. Plus, it's so cheap that when the memory gets full I simply go out and buy another one. Plus there's images in that there little book that'd make your balls quiver. There might even be a sketch of a MR cam in there.....
For all things geek, I use the iPhone.
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That is cheap...he was pretty p1ssed when he had to fork out £150...although it did mean his Mac was good for another 4 years or so...so, not too bad I suppose
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Mountian Lion is $20 in the US and can be installed on all your Macs with just one purchase. It is one of the cheapest OS updates ever, especially if you skipped Lion and are coming from all the way back in Snow Leopard.
It is now possible to find very good looking PCs. I would definitely consider buying a PC, especially for those not already on Mac.
I do think in the past Mac was considered weaker for productivity software ranges, and PC was considered weak on the design and fluidity.
They both seem to have amped up significantly in their weaknesses in the last 7 years or so. That said, Mac is ahead in design still to me, and I can't really think of anything I'd want to do that I can't on a Mac anymore.
Since it comes down to more of a choice on preference and less on necessity for the average consumer now, I can't see any reason not to pick the unique design quality of Apple (other than price, but people do tend to be satisfied by the performance of Macs for longer than PC models to my knowledge).
It depends.. I bought my iMac two years ago, the newest model with an Intel i3 and it's fairly slow. i7 are commonplace for PCs. You definitely get more power on PCs for less.
And the new Sony, Samsung and ASUS are almost as pretty as a Mac. And there is a new Windows coming up.
So there are definitely some good reasons not to go Mac.
And the security will fail one day (it already has). It is no longer true that you can't get viruses on a Mac.