Originally Posted by
FL999
Hi guys, ive been wanting to ask for a while now. Can anyone tell me what are the advantages I would get from buying a Mac instead of a PC.
You've lit the blue touch paper ... stand by for the fireworks
I've never owned a Mac, although I've used them from time to time.
My daughter owns and uses both Max (plural of Mac?) and PCs for work, and has clear views. She reckons that for graphical stuff, arty stuff, and the like then the Mac is well ahead. For word processing and office-type stuff, the PC is preferable. She doesn't play computer games, so has no comment on that bit.
You pay a lot more for a Mac than for an equivalent PC. You get more features for the extra money, if you happen to want what's offered. I don't, which is why I've never bought one. They do look good, if such things bother you.
HOWEVER ... there is a very powerful "cult" of Mac-worship. True Mac users wouldn't dream of going within 50 yards of a PC (or anything Microsoft) because they would be infected with the dreaded lergy. They won't allow PCs in their homes. I don't detect any similar puritanism in the other direction.
Mac lovers will tell you Mac is more reliable. Said daughter has TWO dead Macs on her shelf waiting for her husband to repair them. Her third Mac (the oldest one) is still in use. There appears to be no hurry to fix them - she's not doing much graphical design work at the moment. Both her Windows PC and laptop (my old one) are working fine and have done, without pause, for several years. I am assured by all Mac lovers that she's the only person ever to have a Mac fail (apart from all the others).
Mac is indeed virtually free from virus infection. Partly, I think, because there aren't enough Macs around for it to be worth the virus-writers' efforts, and rather more because the operating system is a lot more robust. I've got decent virus protection on my PC, and have little reason to be concerned.
The other handicap of the Mac is that in some arenas, Apple decrees how things shall be, and you have little opportunity to choose. It's not as bad as with the iPhone (a brilliant bit of kit, but spoiled by some seriously wacky limitations imposed as policy by Apple).
I'm sure Mac lovers all will want me excommunicated for sacrilege, but there's one man's perspective.