Posted on 12/08/2010 3:12:39 AM PST by Swordmaker
PC or Mac? It's the longest-running question in personal technology — along with the Mac itself, the debate turns 27 next month — and probably the most contentious one. A small but noisy percentage of computer owners consist of people who aren't content to pick a computing platform and leave it at that. Instead, they question the IQ and/or taste of anyone who makes a buying decision different from their own. Hence the classic stereotypes: the Windows user as a clueless sucker for punishment, and the Mac fan as a spendthrift fetishist. (Apple has fanned the flames with PC-bashing ads for years, and Microsoft has gotten snarky about Macs in some recent commercials.)
In the spirit of the holiday season, I'd like to propose a truce. Most folks who buy computers are neither bozos nor cultists. They're smart consumers who know what's important to them, do their research and choose accordingly. Or they refuse to take sides. (Some of the happiest households I know, including my own, contain both Windows PCs and Macs.)
Some of you already know which type of computer your next machine will be. That's fine. This column is for those of you who are still mulling over both options as you shop for a holiday PC or think about a system you'll buy next year. The single most important point of differentiation between the platforms is a simple one. Apple has a clear vision of what a personal computer should be and expresses it in a few highly refined variations. Meanwhile, the companies that make Windows PCs — and there are gazillions of 'em — offer something for everyone.
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iMac. Simple
You can have both. My Sony laptop died a couple days ago, so I just switched to a Mac Airbook. I used VMWare Fusion to migrate the Windows partition to a VM, and now I have all my Windows apps on my Mac.
It’s an absolutely superb machine.
About 6 years ago I found myself in need of another (4 machines in 7 years) laptop computer for personal use. I decided that this time I was going to try a Mac. I still have,and use daily that same machine.
I was so impressed with it that when the need came to replace the desktop in my home office, I didn’t hesitate a second, I bought a iMac. It works, I don’t know why a computer works and why it does not, but these Mac’s work. They are very simple to use, after about 20 minutes it takes to deprogram yourself from Windows.
Every server and desktop, laptop, etc. in my office operates on Windows. I don’t go into the office much anymore, but as the owner, I’m frequently required to interface with it online. I actually run Windows on my Mac in a Partition on my hard drive and the only problem I have had is when the office system goes down or when Windows in my partition decides to self destruct.
My machine is easy to correct. I just delete the current Windows and download another one, no sweat. When the office goes down, it’s going to require another visit from one of the outside “techies” we use and write another check.
Gee, do I sound like a Mac fan?
iMac and MacBook.
I can’t stand using a PC now, lol
Using a PC laptop for work (not my choice!) and I just get the ibby-jibbies just from touching it!
I would prefer neither. I want cloud computing, and I want the best device (for me) and I think that device is not yet created. But the closest one I have seen is the ADAM from NotionInk.com.
Just as a side note: I noticed during a vidio clip of Assange, during a TV report about him,...He was using an Apple notebook.
IMac
Windows is garbage... next one will be a Mac
I just spent $1800 on a Sony All-in-one PC...it lasted 18 months before the mother board fried....
After finding the low level of manufacturer parts control (30-40%) in PC’s these days, I switched to the iMAC.
“I’m still waiting gor the comeback of the Amiga!”
Maybe it will come with spellcheck installed?
see! There you go. People who get things accomplished use a Mac!
Mac for doing work. PC for doorstop.
A year ago switched to an iMac 27 in my upstairs home office from a 8 year old windows machine. Added a new wireless HP all-in-one. Most of my ugly wires have disappeared (wireless mouse & keyboard), no more crashes, no more virus protection software.
Added a base wi-fi only iPad which I use downstairs and you have a simple, easy to use, yet powerful home computer network.
It’s Coke vs. Pepsi.
My wife prefers OSX, for 90% of what I do I really don’t care.
I use a Mac Book and a Toshiba Win 7 laptop. They both crash very rarely. I believe the Toshiba has a flaky memory stick that I haven’t gotten around to looking into. The Mac Book has had two broken power cords, a battery that died after about a year and now a broken DVD drive. (Sword, the replacement shows up this week, I may contact you for help if that’s still OK)
I can see liking one OS over the other and they are very nice and helpful at the Apple store, but honestly, I have not been overwhelmed with Apple quality.
Not exactly my point...nor the point of Apple and their concerted efforts to product place their computers with the “good” characters, in TV/Movies, and have the “bad” characters using WinbTel computers.
It ain’t subliminal, but it’s a definite attempt to brainwash viewers to see Apple as “good”, and PCs as “Bad”.
my feeble attempt at humor.. sorry
Shouldn’t the title be actually read Windows/Mac/Linux?
A PC is all three.
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