There are hundreds of reasons why Macs are better than PCs - they're more reliable and more creative for a start. We've put together a definitive list of eight reasons as to why your next computer should be a Mac not a PC.
While PCs may be the most widely used computer platform in the world, there are still lots of extremely rational reasons to choose a Mac running Mac OS X over a Windows PC.
Macs can leave you happier and more productive than you would have been if you'd bought a Windows system, and feeling you got good value for your money even though a Mac is never the cheapest option.
So I've put together a list of 8 reasons why you should choose a Mac over a PC. So I'm not seen as biased, I also put together 8 reasons why a PC is better than a Mac. So read both articles and make up your own mind.
1. Macs are consistently consistent
Windows Vista reminds me of a haunted mansion - they type of place with endless wings and far-flung rooms connected by twisty staircases and secret passages. And every time Microsoft does a redecorating job (also known as an upgrade), it moves some stuff around for no apparent reason.
OS X's logical, minimalist interface simply involves fewer things that must be learned and relearned, and Apple messes less with it in new releases such as Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Bottom line: it's easier to get stuff done.
2. The joy of predictability
Anyone who's ever suffered the indignity known as a Kernel Panic knows that Macs aren't bulletproof. But logging thousands of hours both on Windows PCs from multiple manufacturers and on Macs has convinced me that the average Mac is meaningfully less flakey than the average PC.
In my experience Macs crash less, suffer from fewer inexplicable slowdowns, deal better with tight memory situations, and boot up and shut down quicker and more reliably. Also I suspect it doesn't hurt that Apple is the only company in the business that writes its own operating system and designs its own hardware.
3. Who needs security headaches?
If the internet's bad guys ever decide to pummel OS X with the same intensity that they've pounded on Windows for years, the free ride for Mac fans may end. But for now, this fact is indisputable: a Mac owner who uses no security software at all runs less risk of being infected by spyware or a virus than a Windows user who obsessively protects his or her PC.
4. Crud, or the lack thereof
Windows is an infinitely better operating system when it isn't smothered by the demoware, adware, and other unwantedware that so many PC manufacturers splay onto the Start menu, the desktop, and the System Tray.
Macs are utterly free of such junk, as well as native-to-Windows irritations like word balloons burbling out of the System Tray, Windows Activation, and User Account Control.
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Comments
Bob said: One thing: Macs you pay thousands of dallars on, where you caould easily get a pc built for you with infinite times more power and awesomeness
Bob said: This Post is a load of bulshit
Bob said: Windows is better {FULLSTOP}
Bob said: Umm... eMachines = ShitSave your money and buy a nice hp.
Jeff said: Haha lol "crapple"
Arnorld said: This Post is soooooooooo shit
Bob said: Macs don't have MineSweeper. Macs Lose.
Jeff said: Macbook Air = Fizbrees
Billy said: Shut up cunt.
Bob said: You are saying Macs are better because Apple have a slow development cycle?
Ja said: aha, mac's don't need to catch up, mac's have a different platform which is solely unique it takes 3 years to create a different version
Rhythmattic said: $150 million... Not $500 million.....Actually It was more an investment, Office was a big cashcoin for MS on the Mac platform...And it was Jobs that saved apple..Firstly with the iMac, then iPod.. "insert tron reference here"
Poipoi said: Macbook Pro: no delete key folks, no home/end block, multi-key presses for things like #. Not impressed with Bootcamp drivers, without Bootcamp, the EFI startup does gnarly things (I got a recurring MBR / GPT issue with Clonezilla). Software is as you'd suspect for a less popular OS -less choice. Not having much fun. Win7 is more polished these eyes. Purdy though.
Tomgorman said: you are all dumb macs r the best
JackCP said: I built my 'super awesome gaming computer' 3 years ago, it has not broke down once, I have over-clocked it to 4.1 GHZ (if you know what that means.. you use a Mac, so probably not) I push it to the limit all the time. Yet it has never broken down on me, I have a Free Anti-virus program, and its never had a virus, that wasn't fixed easily by that. It cost me just under £900. However, my college recently bought (from Apple) an iMac 21.5 inch 2011 model.. (which is apparently how they differentiate between models?..) It has broken down more times than I can remember, and that was only used for simple music making with Logic Pro. It cost somewhere around £1100. Long story short.. you can't just say that all Mac's are better than Window's PC's just because yours hasn't broken yet. Most things these days are just a hit or miss.
Someone said: So, what you are telling me isCustom Build PC>Outdated MacsYeah no shit.Oh ya, they aren't Apple's PowerPC chips, they were IBM's.Who makes Windows PC-HP-Lenovo-Toshiba-Asus-Acer-Dell(Alienware)-Sony Who makes Macs-Apple Inc. The point is, Windows sells Windows OS to manufacture computers, but Apple keeps Mac OS to itself. Even if Apple is the only one selling Macs, Apple has a better revenue, as of 2012.
Natbuhr863 said: Hey it's called windows ultimate stupid if ou have a Mac your fooling yourself te only good thing they developed is the iPod and at least you can have a good warenty in your Pc then Mac. No it's your fault it broke nt ours even after a month.
Fattdawgs said: I've owned both Mac and pc. The pc was constantly crashing & always had some weird virus or hardware or malware issue until finally the tower caught fire one night!!! The really sad thing is I only had it about a year. And in that years time I probably spent more on it in the "long run" of its life having it fixed then I did on my Mac when I initially purchased it. I've had my Mac 12 years now and have never had a problem one with it. Sorry pc but you're really not all you're made out to be.
Angela Magee1 said: Always owned and loved PCs. Just bought a Mac and it's like comparing Apples with Pears. You either get it or you don't. I feel closer to God when I'm using it :-)
Pete said: PC's are essentially crap, my partners PC laptop is utter junk compared to my collection of macs. Interface, Operating system, utter utter sh!t. The reason people are slagging off macs here is because they can't afford one, if they could they'd realise just how terrible PCs are.