Posted 04/17/2009 at 11:44:43am

Put simply, Macs are beautifully designed machines. They're consistently better engineered than PCs. This isn't Microsoft's fault, of course, because Microsoft only makes the operating system, not the hardware on which it runs. But Macs show an exquisite attention to detail that you don't find in most PCs.

There are quite of few excellent applications that ship with Mac OS X. It comes with a very nifty suite of iLife applications, including iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band and iWeb, and they're much better than anything that ships for free with Windows. Time Machine is a great built-in backup program, particularly compared to the brain-dead backup program built into Windows Vista.

Posted 04/14/2009 at 03:06:38pm

I own both a MAC and a PC. The really good thing about owning a MAC is it doesn't hang up, it doesn't crash, the graphics are cool and hell they run Windows faster than Windows can. The software for the most part is built into the system. You do have some trial software,but nowhere near what you get on a PC. MAC is more efficient, runs quieter, and uses less energy than a PC. It's not heavily targeted by virus writers because they are too much of a hassle, not because there a fewer people using them. You don't see Spyware and Malware on MAC's and therefore they don't slow your machine down. Unlike a PC where you constantly have to Purchase an Antivirus each year, run Spyware and Malware detection tools and have to constantly maintain updates to keep your machine functioning. PC user's realize that there are some really good free apps. out there as far as AV, but most still insist on paying for software to protect there PC's from getting attacked. The money being spent on software for maint. adds up over the course of a few years. By the time you add all the money you spent on software up to protect the PC plus the PC itself you will have spent more than it would have cost you to purchase a MAC in the first place. MAC is QUALITY. They are built to last. Spend $2000 on a MAC  and you won't have to buy another computer for 6-8 years due to failure. The things will just not quit running. If you want to blow your money get a PC. Spend $1500 on it and you will end up buying another one in 2-4 years because of major hardware failures. Sure MAC's cost more up front, but hey, you get what you pay for. Plus with the ability to run Windows on a MAC you get the best of both worlds....the dependibility of a MAC with the ease of Windows and everything can be run on it. Let's see a PC run the MAC OSx as efficiently as MAC does Windows. The only reason I even have a PC is because it's what my wife wanted. Now that she's got it, she never use's it and it's a $1800 machine. I'm lucky if I can get her off my MAC.

I was a PC up until a couple of years ago and when I had the thing in the shop for the 8th time and my friend let me use his MACBook PRO until mine was fixed. I went and bought one 3 weeks later and never looked back. I now have 2 MAC's, my laptop and a MACPro Tower. I will never switch back to  a pc. I spend all day as a Tech for the Couty fixing PC's and troubleshooting software issues on them.  I never have to do that on a MAC, or MAC networks.

Okay. So I guess I'm a MAC.