mac vs pc by kelly green

Mac vs. pc

The biggest argument that most people bring up is that Macs are more expensive then pc’s or with different wording that you can get a better pc for the price you pay then a Mac. This is not completely true. For the most part a Mac with similar properties will be close to the same price as a good quality pc. The reason you see moderately higher prices on Macs is because the apple company does not target the same market as Pc’s do. Macs target the market of mid to high end users. Were Pc's target low mid and high end users. Thus Pc's do have cheaper computers but they do not match up to anything a Mac can make. My conclusion for this part of my argument is that in general if a Mac vs. a pc has the same or close to the same price they should be similar quality. Mac’s tend to be a little more customizable though.

The biggest advantage to a Mac is that the operating system is much more stable and reliable. It also comes standard on every Mac for no extra charge. Were is on a pc part of the price of the computer is paying for the operating system and the programs. There are thousands of viruses made for pc’s each year and they can be very dangerous. There are next to no viruses for Macs because 90 percent of computers out there are pc’s so it is quite pointless to make a virus for a Mac. And even if there was one made it would do nearly nothing because of the way the operating system works on Macs.

The biggest advantage to a pc is also part of its downfall. Most of the computers on this earth are Pc's this is because there are many different companies making Pc's were there is only one company making Macs. The only reason there is such a huge conflict between these two companies is because they are both so radically different. Because there are so many more Pc's then there are Macs an owner of a pc may be more compatible with other peoples stuff. But this is almost irrelevant now because both companies have advanced so much that this problem almost never shows.

One thing that bothers a lot of people abut Macs is the one click mouse. The thing that makes most people like pc’s is the right and left click mouse option. Well if I see this come up in a person’s argument I will just laugh because companies like next tech that make computer mice have developed mice with left and right click that work in a Mac.

People use to think that there were more programs out for pc’s then Macs. This use to be true. But now you can pretty much find any program you could ever want or need for a Mac. And if you cant then you could just run a pc program on the Mac they have been made to be compatible now.

I have decided to not decide on the overall, because in my opinion there is no strait answer for this question is a Mac or pc a better computer. The simplest answer is that the two companies are too different to compare side by side perfectly. One may be better for one function were the other is better for a different function. So the winner is left for the needs and opinion of the person who is trying to decide which one to buy. For the most part you get what you pay for regardless of name. If you go cheap you won’t end up with a great computer no matter what name is branded on the front.