what is so good about a mac? instead of a pc?

Question

what is so good about a mac? instead of a pc?

Answer 1

• More stable.

• Blinding speed from day one. Unlike PCs, they don't slow down.

• Virtually zero risk of viruses.

• Don't have to deal with Windows OS.

• No lag.

• Memory goes twice as far for half as much. (My 2GB can do more than a PC's 4GB RAM.)

• Much, much, much more lightweight. Thinner, too.

• Exponentially more reliable. (You can't argue with history.)

• More attractive. Honestly, it does matter.

• Speaker quality that will blow your mind. The MacBook Pro speakers are unrivaled by ANY PC.

• Multi-touch trackpad.

• Drag-and-drop everything. So simple.

• Very user-friendly.

• No error messages and lengthy explanations for errors. There are simply no errors.

• Desktop-like performance in a laptop.

• Did I mention the life span?

• CUSTOMER SUPPORT! The one time I called, I spoke to Mike in Ohio after less than one minute. You would speak to Abhishek in India if you called your PC's customer service and got through after four hours.



Listen to the folks who own Macs -- they all LOVE them. The people who bash Macs are too poor and/or too stubborn to try them out. There's a reason people switch from PC to Mac and never look back! Who doesn't love a computer that loves them back? Oh, and the fact that they stay fast for years after PCs get sluggish and buggy is kind of important, don't you think?



I'll tell you why I pay $150 for a filet when the "same" thing is available at the Outback -- it's the experience, quality, and product that set the price point. Mac is the 5-star restaurant's exquisite filet mignon to your Outback's low-grade beef chuck bathed in trans-fatty butter. What sounds better?

Answer 2

Mac Pros



1. The only advantage is ease of use. Killer OS.



2. Customer support is better than about 98% of PC companies out there.



3. Works out of the box.



4. Hackers tend not to write as many viruses as for PC. There are spyware and viruses for Mac, thus Symantec Ativirus for Mac.



PC Pros



1. Half the price, twice the speed, storage capacity and overall performance of a Mac.



2.Wide use and compatibility with multiple OS. Some people have been able to install Windows in Mac but with great difficulty and Linux takes a real pro. Mac will not run Windows as they say they do in the commercials. An why buy a Mac to run Windows, see No. 1. It would be asinine.



3. Depending on the PC you buy is the customer support you'll get. I happen to think that Dell has the best customer support of all PCs.



4. Most corporations use PC platforms because of the flexibility they offer. With flexibility comes a lot of vulnerabilities as well, but it is worth it.





Mac use a foolproof approach to software and hardware. Like Uncle Murphy use to say; "If you build any system that even a fool could use, only fools will use it". LOL



I am a Civil Engineer and I am a PC.

Answer 3

I would suggest you to skip buying Mac if you are after the price. Just buy the mini PC notebook. They're cheap and good nuff for most of the computing needs. Sounded like you're kinda leaning toward the PCs. I have been long time user of Mac(15+ years) and truly love the simplistic interface and OS design from the Apple. Mac it's like the expanded iPod touch. I have really never gone back to the PC but just to play game, I find PC Microsoft kinda clumsy with its interface, and sometime down right confusing and difficult to use. Anyhow, you just gotta use Mac to see the differences....

Answer 4

Depends. Some people really believe "cheaper is better".

Some people enjoy overcoming the deficiencies of their tools.

Some people automatically dislike anything "status symbol".

Some people think Tuesday Morning, Wal-Mart and Harbor Freight are the best stores on earth.



They're not wrong.



Or to paraphrase Don Lancaster: Think cheap. Think scungy. Dumpster-dive. Except for a few key tools that are essential to you. Is a Fluke meter better than an Archer? Is a Snap-On wrench better than a Chinese special? You better believe it.



So if you live on your computer 24x7 like I do... quality counts.



Mac means not having to wrestle with PC annoyances constantly, which means not having random evenings interrupted with the pursuit of necessary workarounds and patches. It also means having a lot more of your system's functionality actually available to you because Apple has worked so hard to soften the learning curve.



With a PC, when you get a notion to do something like podcasting, you shrug off the notion because the learning curve is too daunting, you'd have to select, install and learn a recording program, editing program, publishing program. On the Mac, *blam* Garageband *blam* iWeb. It's not even about the software being preinstalled, hey, PCs are preloaded with tons of... trial shovelware junk. It's about usability, Apple's preinstalled stuff is quite good.



Speaking of usability, Unix as the core operating system is an epic win. I can use all my skills from working in the LAMP environment and code anything I want. (also: Apache: already installed. MySQL, Perl, Python: built-in.) Plus Applescript lets me glue that world into the Mac UI. This is not hard; I have no patience for steep learning curves.



And, kicker, you can always run Windows in a window, or dual-boot if you need the speed for gaming.



Also the design. I used to be a "run my PC with the case off" kinda guy, but now I like elegance.



On their laptops I can't bring myself to either pay for one or run a hackintosh... ymmv...

Answer 5

There's a lot of stuff. It is not that PC cannot do anything a mac does.

i think in some cases pc does a lot more than a mac, but it is the Mac way of doing things. I'd rather have few working features than a lot of features that doesn't work or hard to use.

By 'hard to use' i mean, a lot of steps involved in doing a task.



for example if just needed to preview a song in a folder but don't want to open in it, i can just press spacebar to play and pause, same with pdfs and images.



Lot of people dis Mac because of its pricing, but honestly

i think they carry a value beyond what a PC offers, besides

My Mac is working fine for around 3 years. A PC never stayed fine for that long. IT is not just about hardware, its also software. Look at the new unibody macbooks. Tell me if any other notebook can offer such a quality. When you are very price minded and 'trying' to be rational while shopping for a comp you'd go with a PC rather than a mac

cuz u haven't used a mac for a while. I was really skeptical of Mac before using one. But now i can't buy a PC, i can never go back.



For more info go to apple.com/getamac

Answer 6

Pshh not much really. Look, here's the deal. If you're not into recording music or video editing, or anything entertainment wise, then I wouldn't bother with a Mac. I'm not saying Macs are bad, on the contrary, they're really cool computers. But they're RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED! When Macs are the same price as PC I'd probably go with a Mac. But they aren't. I bought a new laptop recently and I'm fine with it. I record music on it and everything. A Mac laptop of the same standards would have cost me hundreds of more dollars. I'm with PC until they're evenly priced. People also say Macs can't get viruses, but they will in the near future people. Those evil programmers that develop viruses aren't ignorant: they know they have to work on Mac viruses sooner or later.



Overall: Get a PC. Save your money.

Answer 7

Mac has iLife, and you don't get comparable programs for PC at a reasonable price. Also Mac OS X is specialized for Mac, and it works great on them. Windows is designed to universally work on every PC out there, so by its very nature it's gonna suck. that's why PCs are cheap.

Answer 8

i guess you can say macs are more "stable" .... i dunno

i can't trust PCs anymore. It's really difficult to manage... and you need a lot of stuff to protect yourself which makes it slower...

i like macs because it's... different. It's much faster, and I'm familiar with it. Now i use a linux, and it's much MUCH better than a pc or a mac.

Answer 9

Much easier to use. Drag and drop is the way. I use both and have found that it take longer to do things on the PC. Also, macs look more streamlined. There are also less viruses.

Answer 10

Like most things in life, it is about perceived value/status....



If you like to upgrade hardware or play a lot of games go with the PC....



Mac is about status and is a symbol, it is a perceived way of life...



Mac users/philosphy, PC's get it done without caring about the experience, Mac's perfect the experience. Why would someone pay 150 dollars for a steak, when they can get one at Outback for 18?

Answer 11

Not a single thing.



One of my friends--a fanatical Mac user--keeps trying to get me to buy a Mac. His usual reason: "They're faster; they're better." "Better how?" "They're faster."



Save your money. You can get a PC for about 80% the price of a comparable Mac.

Answer 12

Not to mention that if you ever need help, Apple was rated number one in customer service in 2008. There are online tutorials on all programs, plus you can take classes to improve what you specifically would like to do on your computer at any Apple store. :)

Answer 13

It's more pretty

No DLLs, no Registry like Windows

No need to defrag a drive

BootCamp

iLife and iWork



and that's it

Answer 14

i have a pc so i'm going with a pc

Answer 15

Read this:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/an-unbiased-view-on-macs/



It'll give you both pros and cons.

Answer 16

It's just a screen with no desktop......and no viruses