Sep 1st, 2003, 06:18 PM
I favor PCs over MACs personally, although I'd have to admit I've never owned a MAC, but have a lot of experience with people who have.
MACs aren't necessarily faster. I would disagree here. It's all in relative timescales. Since the G5 came out with their 64 bits, PCs are going to be as fast and beyond that in the coming months. Regarding loading times for programs and such, it makes no difference to me, as they're only seconds in difference.
I would argue that MACs are easier to use. Everything on the OS is Apple. With PCs, there are a million different companies involvedi in executing a program. With MACs, everything is done through Apple. So one would most likely experience a lot less techincal problems with the MAC, as well as MACs being easier used. Most, if not all MACs now come with programs like iDVD, iPhoto, and such. From hearsay, these are very easy to use. But, these actions could also be accomplished on a PC through other programs. It's just that with MACs, they might be more "user-friendly".
I've heard that in some professions, like designing and graphic arts, MACs are much better performance-wise.
But, compatibility is a big problem for MACs. With everyone using programs that are either hard to run, extensively slow, or don't exist on MACs, the MAC user might have to be a bit more creative in working around such problems.
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