I will show you!

PRO’s:
- NO VIRUSES! I had to write this in all caps because viruses was such a major deal for me. Every 6 months my PC would crash because of some or other virus/malware/etc problem. I don’t know what it was but I know I spent tons of money trying to fix it. Even when I took it to Geek Squad (Best Buy), it still had problems emerging every week.I went through 4 laptops in three years and crashed them all. Had I saved my 3-4 grands on buying and repairs, I would’ve had three macs by now. All the crashing was because, I love to download things. I still do. I download pretty much anything that looks cool: songs, movies, pirated movies, etc. And end result:Blue Screen of Death. I was so frustrated, I asked my mother to buy me a Macbook. Two years and still going just like new, which leads me to my next point.
- Durability: I have spilled soup on my Macbook and accidentally left it outside in the cold (in my car) and had dew on it the next morning. I may just be lucky, but my Mac still works like new. And my mac has never crashed, never froze, never slowed, never gotten stuck for more than a couple of minutes (when opening large files). I am a pleased customer. Whereas, with a PC, I remember accidentally dropping my computer and immediately there were horizontal lines on the display. Ruined the display entirely. I know this is not a very accurate durability comparision since its two different scenarios, but still, just to point out the incidents.

- Inteface: I absolutely love how easy it is to use a mac. And even now, new features keep popping up that I previously didn’t know about! I am absolutely in love with using two fingers to scroll and spotlight. I love how accurate spotlight is. I can type anything I vaguely know about a file I am looking for, 99% of the time spotlight lists it up. Love it! It even lists the webpages that start with my search query that I visited in the past! I didn’t even read the manual before I started using a mac. It’s so easy! The fonts, the graphics, the HD screen, everything is super cool, durable, and made to last. I also love the “sticky note” feature. And one absolute biggest + in my opinion is how fast the computer is! I play many games and they never “freeze” or taking forever loading. That was my BIGGEST problem when playing games online with a PC. It would take forever to load games, if I installed tons of games with large memory. For some reason, I’ve installed more games on my mac than a mac and it has less memory, yet it is never slow to open my games. I am pretty impatient when it comes to waiting for something to load (which is why I have cable internet lol), but yeah, I love not having to wait for my games to load on a Mac.

Cons:
Left Click: It was a big issue when I first purchased a mac. It still kinda is and definitely takes point away from a MAC. PC, you win on this one and one more.

Games: I pointed out earlier I love games. However, I am not huge on paying for most of them. I own plenty of paid games, but some games, I like to try out full length for free without having to pay, and just watching ads in between the game which generates revenue. I know yahoo does that (don’t know if still does?), but I was sooo disappointed that there aren’t any sites that do that for a mac game. Very very very big – on mac’s side… I know its an issue with the computer itself, but it comes with using it.

Heating Issues: As known by all, apple products tend to heat up fast. I am worried sometimes when my computer’s fan remains turned on for more than 10 minutes, so I shut the screen down and let it cool. Maybe its just paranoia for me, since it hasn’t ever shown signs of damage but just stating that it does tend to make me nervous. And this is when I work with it on a table so all the vents are exposed.

Compatibility: Even though there are products that are compatible with Macs now more than ever, Windows is still preferred choice. I rarely had problems with that so its not an issue for me but may be for some especially for people, who use it for business purposes which requires certain software.

Price and Components: I’ve only had this problem recently. I just think things on Apple’s are overpriced. From buying accessory products for Macs to purchasing recently introduced iLife (which is free on new computers is a huge turn off. On the plus side OS X Leopard upgrade only cost $30, not bad. But there should be a further incentive to loyal customers. I am disappointed that I can’t use Face Recognition tech on my iphoto without paying $79 to get iLife which comes with features I won’t ever use. Not cool. I should be able to just install a newer version of iPhoto and get the new features for free. Never had that problem with Windows! Also, Quicktime sucks. It doesn’t let you do half the things Windows player did even after paying for it, which is ridiculous! because I never had to pay to use a player in Windows. Major – points.

Verdict: Macs win. Although I miss my free games, and my left click button, the joy of not worrying about viruses and malwares and the money I save on buying several different anti-virus software is just too huge of a + point. It overshadows and completely engulfs the point that macs lack left click and couple of other cool things. I have redeemed the $1,500 I spent on my mac in just two years and my macbook is still going strong just like the first day I bought it. No windows computer can even touch that! Even a barely used Windows computer doesn’t run as smoothly as my two year old overused macbook does. Honest opinion.

This means REPAIR BILLS and Dollar BILLS for Bill !

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