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I own and use both Macs and PC's. I was a PC user first, and then introduced to a Mac at work. After about 4 years of using a Mac at work, I bought one for home too. I think there is a place for both of them, but I think the Mac is far superior to the average PC. I say average, because if I custom build a PC and tweak it to death I could come up with a pretty kick ass PC, but it would probably cost more than a high end iMac.

I am sick of building my own computers, and installing loads of software. I am purely a web designer / programmer now, and my Mac just works better than my PC. The Mac isn't for everyone though, it is more expensive. It's kind of like buying a car, some people just don't want a more expensive car or don't need it, but at the end of the day you can't deny that a sports car is nicer than a run of the mill car, but they will both get you from point A to point B.

Some of the comments on this forum are completely crazy though.

You want to buy quality buy APPLE. Need to get things done buy APPLE.

I had a taste of both worlds APPLE and normal PC.

For now, I am sticking with apple.

No ad is going to change my mind.

I am not saying that PCs are bad, but personally prefer APPLE.

Um... PC runs an Intel chip... Mac runs an Intel Chip...

So where's the difference really?

Oh... the OS... well. Mac runs Mac... PC runs Windows, Linux... As I see it, the PC offers more options. Most of the complaints vs a PC are really aimed at Microsoft. Which really is something completely different.

Personally I've always preferred and AMD chip - had a bad experience with Intel machines (yes that's plural) in the past. Do most people need to make full use of their processor - NO! Most use their machines for documents, email and the internet. Do you need a specific machine for that? Nope, I'd go with the cheapest. Because you're not going to really need more than that. If you do, I'd suggest you build a custom machine to meet your needs - ah, but a PC offers more flexibility there.

it's not fair to discredit your competition in any way. First of all they never can reply without looking either stupid, angry, or some other negative thing.
Second Microsoft has a track record of making the wrong decisions on just about everything from usabilty to pricing. Apple has been interested in giving the consumer a great experience - and quality costs money. So people that want quality and usabilty could be in a new commercial made by Apple.
Showing what you've got and letting customers decide for themselves is always the best way, and unfortunately that is almost never the case in any sales proces.

This Mac vs PC thing is all a matter of personal preference, there is no one "best" computer. I have used a Mac for years at work, but owned my Dell PC even longer. The touchpad on the Dell works great, so I hadn't used a mouse at home for many years. Meanwhile, the touchpad on my Mac at work is almost useless, so I have to use a mouse which is annoying if I'm not sitting at my desk. For someone who uses a mouse all the time, that wouldn't be an issue, but for me it is, so I do prefer the PC. Both the PC and the Mac are slow at times and both have had technical issues, software crashing, hardware wearing out, etc. from time to time. It's more a matter of looking at exactly what you personally need and what you personally are going to use it for. There is no one best solution for everyone. Marketing is marketing, the two companies will continue to battle it out in their commercials, and that's fine. But no need to belittle people for their personal preference.

I feel that if people are stupid enough to buy a PC over a Mac they're getting just what the y deserve. I use my PC laptop only as a comparison tool for viewing the websites I create. Other than that my 4 yr old, #2000 Dell laptop is pretty much a piece of crap.

I remember using a PC years ago and how often the thing crashed and how much info I would lose. Not to mention the numerous times it got bogged down and froze up.

The hunter ads are false, they say that the macs are all about aesthetics. Gee, is it the lack of aesthetics that cause PCs to have so many problems?

Sure, I'll defend a Mac any day but in the end, I'm very happy knowing I have the advantage over PC users :-)

Funny stuff, well you know the ads must be working if your competitor is screaming for you to take them down. If I was Windows I'd pump up the volume on it and start running tons of these ads!

Most people just don't know, I didn't either. Even after I got my first Mac at first I thought I'd made a mistake. After I learned a few things, like it just worked and didn't send me messages to tell me it was trying to do the task, or that I had a fatal error, or some other nonsense. I get work done on a Mac rather than 'working on' the computer.

The biggest difference is the OS and the way the software which comes on it all works together. I have bought very little software; don't need it. For the average user, non geek or gamer, a Mac is just what they need to easily handle their pictures, music, movies, email, surf...

Much of the hardware (guts) are about the same today; if you pay enough for the PC. Still if you look at "Consumer Reports" Mac wins in almost everything. People who have a Mac love them, the other people just don't know any better.

I've been using Prehistoric, Pretty Crummy, Piece of Crap Computers at work for many years; there is simply no comparison. IMHO

I think mac users have this false sense of perfection. Fair enough Macs have reduced instruction sets on the CPU, and in the old days Macs could make files larger then 4gb and ran considerably faster, but those days are gone. NTFS and EXfat has sorted out file size, and CPU with multi-cores and crazy FSB speeds has more then leveled the playing field. I have not seen one real Statistic in this arguement except for the price. Prove to me that MACs can work quicker then a PC (keeping in mind most intensive graphic redering in PC's is happening via PCI-e NVIDIA graphic cores using CUDA which has killed previous PC rendering and I would love to what MAC has planned to combat this). Then theres that absolute dumb ass arguement that MACs dont need Anti-virus. Well neither does a PC if you have a solid firewall and dont download anything lol..But if you do a FACT search you will see that viruses do exist for MAC and companies do sell products, but I failed to see that mentioned (probally the $80 per year that would of deflated the MAC arguement considerably)..What our MAC buddies have forgotten to mention is the truths about MACs, but have done a reasonable job of describing worst case scenarios PC's. For 98% of the planet dont need an expensive, Propriety driven platform, in which one part cannot suit all, and alternatives are not an option and this is why PCs will always dominate a constantly outdated market. And my closing comment with Quad cores, crazy FSB, and better GPU's that are capable of redering 10X quicker then most CPU's, most software companies are only now just starting make FULL use of the PC and are writing rograms to suit.....I see this as the begiining of the end for MAC..lol..lol..lol..Why pay 3 times as much for MAC (and its AV software which is soon to be free for PC users via MS Morro).

Antivirus software and anti-spyware software is free.

The two best programs are still AVAST and Spybot S&D which have always been and always will be free for home users.

Tech support is mostly outsourced nowadays.

Macintosh is for snobs, it's the equivalent of people who buy a Benz, they're great cars, but you could buy two of basically anything else for the price of a Benz and the snooty hood ornament.

Are you really as stupid as
you seem? Apple's lawyers contacted them because the ads claim a MacBook cost more than 1000, and it doesn't anymore. That is it.

So now they are running their like $800 computer notebook trash. So the ads can still be run, and no one cares.

I have used macs and pcs for over 12 years. The macs stay useful years after the pcs are in the trash. So now I buy Apple hardware no matter what OS I plan to install.

If want to believe Apple hardware is not worth it. You are just remaining ignorant.