| PC: Many
manufacturers design and produce for the PC market thus providing
more lower cost, higher quality accessories and components. |
| Mac: Since
all Apple hardware is controlled by the same manufacturer that
created the software, it runs more efficiently than possible using
a number of vendors. |
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| PC: There
are tons more software available for the PC than the Mac. |
| Mac:
There is enough available software and how many programs does
each user typically use anyway. Mac users buy a proportionally
larger amount of software than their percentage of market
share. |
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| PC: I
can change parts in my system and upgrade and tweak things to my
liking. |
| Mac:
The computer is a tool. It is a end not a means. Like a car we
like to put the key in a drive it not fix it all the time. |
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| PC: There
are multiple competitors in the chip market creating faster chips
at the lowest cost at all times. |
| Mac:
The Pentium Toasting PowerPC G4 chip is twice as fast as the equivalent
PIII chip in tests run using Adobe Photoshop. |
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| PC: Windows
2000 is more stable and useful than OS 9. |
| Mac:
OSX is released now. It is based on Unix and will be better. |
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| PC: Mac
OSX is still proprietary and is very buggy and not compatible with
all hardware and software. Linux is way ahead. |
| Mac:
OSX will be better and you have to start somewhere. The server
version has been around for some time. |
| PC:
PCs are cheaper to
buy initially than a Mac. |
| Mac: Cheaper
doesn't mean better as in a Yugo compared to a Lexus. |
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| PC:
Macs have only one
mouse button which is inconvenient. |
| Mac: You
can control click which is easier or buy a two button mouse. |
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| PC:
You can't select
random non sequential files then cut and paste on a
Mac. |
| Mac: You
can select whole groups of files with your mouse and drag and drop
them. |
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| PC:
Most new Macs
don't have floppy drives. |
| Mac: Floppy
drives are obsolete and are not needed for boot up like on a PC. |
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| PC:
Most Mac keyboards
don't have a forward delete key only a back delete. |
| Mac: You
don't need one just use the arrow key and delete backward. |
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| PC:
Even programs that
are made for the Mac don't have the same level of functionality as
the PC version and the PC version always comes out first. |
| Mac: PC
mentality over bloats programs with a bunch of useless features.
There are plenty of Macintosh only programs that aren't ever
designed for the PC. |
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| PC:
Wintel has by far
the largest percentage of market share in the personal computer
market. |
| Mac: Larger
market share does not mean better. Like Ford is compared to
Jaguar. Plus Apple is gaining market share all the time. |
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| PC:
I can go out
anywhere to the corner and get a PC accessory when I need it. You
have to search for Mac items. |
| Mac: You
don't need as much for a Mac and the store selection is
sufficient. |
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| PC:
Everybody else and
my work use PCs. A Mac can't trade files with the PC world. |
| Mac: There
are programs to read or emulation software to work with PC files.
Plus lots of formats are universal. |
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| PC: Windows
programs use their own menu bar for each program so you don't have
to keep switching to see your options especially with dual
monitors |
| Mac: MacOs
is consistent in using the same basic menu to stay consistent and
thus users know what to expect in any program. |
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| PC: PCs
are always far ahead in the video card area and at playing
games. |
| Mac: I
don't need to have cutting edge performance immediately and Mac
video cards are good enough. |
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| PC: The
mouse on a PC flows easier and faster therefore more efficient
than a Mac. |
| Mac: You
get used to a Mac mouse and having more is just overkill in
features. |
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| PC: You
can switch between running applications with one step on a PC by
exiting the environment with the mouse and clicking on a
button. |
| Mac: You
can do the same on a undocked Finder window. Mac users are used to
floating palettes. |
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| PC: You
can close applications in Windows simply by clicking the
"x" in the corner. You don't have to
"file-quit" too. |
| Mac: Mac
users prefer it that way. |
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| PC: You
don't knowingly run out of memory in Windows, it is taken care of
behind the scenes. |
| Mac: Mac
users like to allocate memory to different applications. Mac OSX
takes care of this. |
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