Mac Vs. PC.

In the wide world of computing goods there has never been a more fired debate as the one ensuing between the mighty Personal Computer, and the Apple I Mac, and Mac books. Now in this fierce fight there are many points worth contesting. I shall begin by tearing down the mighty Mac that our internet hosts have so vigorously thrust upon a pedestal far over looming what it should be.

The Mac is a generally terrible piece of machinery, its only benefit is that it has a considerably more stable OS than the PC has ever had and possibly will ever have. Now putting that aside the Mac has been appraised for having superior audio, video, and any general multimedia applications but this is not true. The applications are quickly being rewritten for PC as well as the fact that almost all of the hardware inside of a Mac is made by the same people who make PC components. The Mac OS can simply run them better thus leading to the assumption they are better, and for software’s sake, they are.

Now in PC’s defence they did just go through a very terrible phase of an atrocious OS named Vista that all will remember as the black mark on PC’s name. This has caused many Mac fans to flame up, and spout that all PC operating systems are terrible which simply is not true. PC had one of the best operating systems ever made in Windows XP which many hail as an amazing achievement.

Leopard OS X is a fantastic OS and there are no loopholes within it. It is free of viruses, everything is easy to find, program’s function quickly with minimal lag. Yet leopard suffers the same problem that all Macs have in common. The lack of a right click button. I know it can be fixed by buying another mouse, but finding a good mouse for a Mac; that is a decent price is very tedious and never comes out cheap. Also I am aware of the control button on the keyboard, but what is the point of that button? I mean yeah, here is your right click button but, surprise its not on the mouse. I find this a coy plan of Mac to force the buyer to shell out more money for a decent mouse.

The keyboard. Oh the keyboard on a Mac is a monster of and in itself. It is heavy; the keys stick after almost no use on the desktop models. On the Mac Books however this problem is avoided and the keyboards are similar to those released for PC. Although a Apple did once produce a keyboard to mimic those already in production by PC, it simply was a PC keyboard adapted to Mac and its schemes.

On to design for the PC and the Mac. The design of the Mac is really a bit to look at, especially on their older models. The Mac’s design has always been an eye catcher, albeit their old models were a little clunky. PC matches this clunky trait with the oversized towers made for the most amazing thing PC has to offer that Mac’s fail to compete with. Customization is a major trait on PCs and ill come back to this a little later. Design on the PC is a large very prominent tower of metal that houses all of the internal components whereas the elder Macs have a large plastic case that houses all of the components in a way that exchange is impossible. The newer models for both computers are far slimmer and this delves into laptops, which along all lines have become far thinner. The Macbook air as an example is a completely useless thing. Who really needs a laptop that is as thick as a piece of paper? I am serious here, as the site itself says that apple tries to appeal to the higher classes and the richer men and women of society they therefore are making status symbols.

Now as for software, price, and overall I will finish this and put Mac in the dirt. For software, Mac’s OS Leopard is far superior to Windows Vista yes, but so was XP, and 2000, Vista was a monster and if the online comparisons were done between a model that had come out more recently or perhaps one that was a few years old PC would have risen above the Mac, in price as well as function. PC does try to sell to a more global market with their products and this makes them more versatile as well as more cost efficient, when all is tied together a PC can be customized with a Microsoft 7, or Microsoft XP OS which will demolish Leopard in many comparisons based on RAM and Hard drive configurations. Now the Mac’s in these comparisons are new models which shocked me and they in fact chose some of the worst models of PC on the market and the previous market that are not designed to be excellent performers like all Mac’s are. As with men all PCs are not created equal, same can be said of Mac’s though in general they are of a higher standard than the basic PCs such as Acer or perhaps Emachines, they would be more akin with the higher lever HP or Dell brand computers such as the Dell alienware laptop which costs similar to a 15 in 2.53 GHz screen Macbook on the Apple store.

To end my point is that a PC is more apt to rise to more challenges to a Mac as well as being a simpler platform to build ones dreams upon. A PC can be anything one wants it to be while a Mac comes as it is and that’s it. PCs are cheaper, though if you have the money to shell out for a Mac and all of those extra components to get it up to snuff with a PC then by all means go for it though if you are average Joe or Jill, the PC is where it’s at.

End Brent Greenlaw