The Mac/PC conversation: PCs are better than Macs

I'd like to reiterate the comment made by my opponent in round 2 where he states: ". .. the problem is that the minute one starts arguing that the Ritz offers a better experience than McD's,HE IS MAKING A SUBJECTIVE VALUE JUDGMENT,which we have already established is not acceptable. " In the third and final round, my opponent then says: "All along, what I've argued for is that the PC is the better experience because it allows the consumer to make decisions about, take responsibility for, and utilize his/her expertise in, his chosen device. " His statement has two fundamental flaws. 1) It is by his own definition, unacceptable. 2) It isn't definitively true. After all, any product that allows the consumer to make decisions, take responsibility for, and utilize one's expertise in may be cool, but that doesn't definitively then make it better than another product. If a PC is purported to do/have all of those things (and say, a Linux machine isn't), those liberties give me no benefit whatsoever in a scenario where I need a dedicated machine to run a Linux-only software package. In this particular scenario, the Windows PC isn't the better experience and therefore, the Windows PC isn't the unconditional "better" experience. I can see situations where a PC might in fact be the better experience, but that isn't going to be the case in EVERY scenario which is the claim my opponent made with the topic of "PCs are better than Macs". Plus, if $9.10 out of every 10 dollars spent on a computer that costs over $1,000 goes into Apple's wallet and that's up from $8.80 dollars out of 10 earlier in the year, and up from $6.60 dollars out of 10 the year before (. http://www.betanews.com...), I'm not sure how one can DEFINITIVELY say that PCs are always better than Macs in every scenario. If PCs were DEFINITELY providing its owners with a better experience than Macs do, why are 91% of sales on computers over $1,000 going to Apple and not Windows-based systems? If PCs were DEFINITELY providing its owners with a better experience than Macs do, why are Apple customers more satisfied than their PC brethren? (. http://news.cnet.com...) If PCs were DEFINITELY providing its owners with a better experience than Macs do, how was Apple able to sell 3 million computers worth $4 BILLION in sales? And yes, that's in ONE fiscal quarter. If PCs were DEFINITELY providing its owners with a better experience than Macs do, how was Apple able to achieve an ALL-TIME high of $258.90 in its stock value just 10 days ago? Apple dominating the premium market, achieving huge growth in its computer business, hitting top marks in customer satisfaction for its products, none of those things mean that Macs are better than PCs. And having a large number of software options as my opponent pointed out, doesn't mean a PC is automatically better than a Mac either. I think it is clear that PCs aren't better than Macs, but rather, that they CAN be better than Macs in certain situations and for certain people. Conversely, Macs are better than PCs in certain situations, and for certain people. In closing, this has certainly been an unusual, albeit interesting and enjoyable debate. My opponent has come out right off the bat by posting the topic "The Mac/PC conversation: PCs are better than Macs. " In his opening statement, he also said ". .. I am willing to assume the position that the PC is the better experience. " Then in the third round, he admits: "Con recognizes that I will call foul on any attempt to insist on what I perceive to be a subjective value judgment as grounds to make the claim that one is better than the other. " For the sake of consistency and fairness, he must call foul on his own debate topic.