What is the differance between a MAC & a PC?
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May 13th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Macs have better resale, are easier to use, make better (more efficient) use of the hardware, are more reliable, are more secure and their total cost of operation is lower than PCs.
PCs are cheaper, initially, than Macs. There are lot of people out there who know Windows so its easy to to find someone to comiserate with.
I have found noone with real experience in both platforms that prefers to use Windows for their desktop. Even if you’re just going to use the machine for surfing the Internet, Windows and Internet Explorer are notorious for their security holes. The MacOS os layer (based on FreeBSD) is far far more securely written so it is harder to write viri for (and obviously, since Macs are a smaller part of the market, fewer people are writing viri for them to begin with).
The vast majority of large commercial software products out there have Mac versions, and its relatively easy to run either a virtual machine or "boot camp" (dual boot) if you must run Windows products on your Mac.
I have given members of my family Macs because I don’t want to be their system administrator if I can help it. They can administer their own machines. If I had given them Windows, I basically would have been signing up for a no salaried system admin for as long as they had my gifts.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:02 am
youre better off with a pc. macs are more for people doing a lot of multimedia and graphic design.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Haha!
PC actually stands for and means Personal Computer. It really means any computer that’s not used as a server, and isn’t one of those huge ancient things. However, EVERYONE uses the word "PC" to mean anything other than a Mac (usually meaning a computer running Windows.)
A Mac, however, is… well, a Mac. It’s produced by Apple Computers, Inc. Apple produces their own hardware (the screen, etc.) AND their own operating system, Mac OS.
If you’re going to buy a computer, for really basic needs, I would recommend a relatively cheap PC. Macs tend to run a little on the expensive side (starting from $999), but I will readily say that Macs are worth every penny that they sell for. However, there are many applications that you may not need, such as the entire iLife ’08. And, although Mac has a really nice program that gets you used to its features in no time and merges all your stuff from the PC to the Mac, it’s not worth the cash if you just want to go on the Internet.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Technically, a PC is a personal computer; but most people refer to a PC as a computer running MS’ Windows as its operating system.
Mac is the OS that Apple writes, and has been consistently rated as easier to use and more user friendly by virtually all independent ratings. (They also have better commercials, but that is my biased opinion on marketing).
There are also systems that are Linux, which has a number of open-source systems (meaning that people write them, they are free- but you if you aren’t a computer geek, then you might not be able to run them well, as they tend to involve alot more work to get going; and there isn’t support as you might think of support (people waiting for your call, etc).
It sounds like you need a machine that is simple & easy to use, but doesn’t have tons of bells and whistles. The basic triad of word-email-internet; and virtually any machine can do that. Do some reading online, and check out the people in the stores; both for customer support AFTER the purchase and usability of the system you are buying.
And while I can’t say for all retailers; CompUSA works on commission; Apple Stores does not. Not sure about Best Buy & the Apple Reps in the stores that have them though.
(Though everyone tries to get the ext service plans, but at least hear them out)