Why Macs are the Best!

[rlodge]

Yeah and they have more viruses too ;).

I've been messing with PCs since 1992 (online at least) and in all these years I've never had a virus or trojan or worm found on my system. And no, that doesn't mean I didn't know where to look.

Macs are nice but they have their place just like wintel and linux machines. The big inhibitor to them taking a stronger hold in the market is their price. People used to having a computer around will ask "Why is the Mac so expensive?". Newbies to the PC world will look at the Mac and say "I'm not spending that much on something I may not like.".

I have a Powerbook G4 that works fine for me right along with my Windows and Linux based PCs. Will I buy another Mac? Maybe but I personally have more fun tinkering with my PCs.

[Archkronos]

My £600 Dell lappy has better specs and a much cheaper price tag.

Minus the weird gesture thingy.

[Scott B]

Macs may be good, but you can get a PC with the same specs for a fraction of the price.

[HomerJ]

Hmmm, this thread has made me remember another problem I have with Macs beyond the price. The lack of upgradability is a killer.

I need upgradability. I payed $80 for 1GB of RAM when I bought my PC (one year ago), planning to upgrade it later. I bought 3GBs for $75 recently. I could also buy a processor for about $300 that was $800 back then, but I'm still waiting for the price to go down further. It really helps keep prices down when you can upgrade, since you can get the basic machine now, and improve upon it later for a fraction of the price.

[Mekryd]

Yeah and they have more viruses too ;).

And OS/2 has fewer virii than Mac OSX. =P

OSX actually has its rather large share of security flaws (moreso than Vista, which has security features up the bum to the point of dreadfully uncomfortable until you turn them off). The reason no one writes virii fo the mac? Because hardly anyone uses them.

I wonder why.

[alexandgruntz]

Let's say the screen on your Mac died. You'd have to take the whole machine in to get it repaired or replaced, possibly at the expense of money and your privacy. (Think HDD)

Now lets say the same happened on a standard PC desktop. Unplug the monitor, use a spare and get a new one. Set it up and done.

[Hazirak]

Yeah and they have more viruses too ;).

As Macs become more popular, you'll find them getting more malware targeted for them, and this favorite argument of most every Mac fan I've met will be completely invalid - who cares how many viruses your system can avoid if you still have to go out and buy antivirus software for it at the end of the day? Whether or not it actually prevents an infection, it's still taking up the same amount of memory at the end of the day.

[HomerJ]

Seeing as Mac OS is Unix-based, it probably is more secure than Windows. Since people run as unprivileged users most of the time, it is less likely that malware will be able to gain root access and trash the entire system. Although, it could easily trash the user's home directory, which could destroy all sorts of important data.

[winlux]

In short why MACS are crap, latest model nice design but check this out http://apcmag.com/7839/macbook_air_t..._wrong_with_it

[rlodge]

In short why MACS are crap, latest model nice design but check this out http://apcmag.com/7839/macbook_air_t..._wrong_with_it

Wow! I even looked at one at Best Buy and didn't notice all that stuff missing. I guess since I wasn't planning to buy one I really didn't look that hard. Looks like Apple downsized the paperweight.

It's nice that they slimlined the laptop but not at the expense of carrying a 10 pound laptop case to carry all the missing hardware.