Mac vs PC

Thanks Pro. My opponent went to great lengths to show that with enough customization and third party web applications a PC can do what a Mac can do. Web apps are by nature, accessible to everyone, but no evidence was put forth to affirm the resolution that “Buying a PC is a better decision than buying a Mac.” Pro did argue that it was a cheaper computer, but not better. Therefor you should be practice clicking (or moving your fingers in an exhilarating tapping motion, if you own an Apple ) on the vote Pro button in preparation for this debate to end. I would love to see this magical button that says stop installing junkware! There is no button to choose "No junkware, please" when ordering a PC online, much less when you buy it at a retail store. The software companies pay the PC manufacturers to install the software, partly why Dell (one of the worst) PCs are so cheap, in the hopes that they will either sell ads, premium content, premium versions etc., so the software companies can recoup this cost of paying the manufacturer. The manufacturer then gets to discount and make that back in bulk sales. This little revenue trickery used to benefit us when Computers were only available in laptops and desktops because it put people online. However, now these educated kids will just put that money into a neat phone that does everything they want and get a PlayStation for Christmas. Whether it be Google Toolbar or something else less insidious, all major PC manufacturers participate in this little revenue trickery by giving their consumers the short end of the stick. The Geek Squad will tell you how to fix it for $49.99, or actually perform the service for $99. https://blog.opendns.com... http://ezinearticles.com... The Apple Magic Trackpad There is no equivalent to the TrackPad. There are imitations and they are inferior at this present time. https://www.apple.com... Price -- The hidden costs of owning an inferior product When your PC has a virus and you need to get it removed, or you want to get the performance back that you lost from installing and reinstalling so much Mac emulation software, if you want it professionally removed, this costs money. These costs are directly tied into the TCO - Total Cost of Ownership, for the PC that you bought. Even if you pay less at the register, you pay more over the course of the computer's lifetime. http://www.cio.com... The main price you incur if you use your computer Professionally, is if your computer is sitting in the geek squad repair van while your competitors are out there taking your business. In debate terms, your computer breaks, your chances of losing go way up, the effort that you take going to the library, or borrowing a friend’s computer, is subtracted from the value of that computer for the time it is broken. So, to say, that PCs are better because they are cheaper, you would have to provide sources on the TCO, not an upfront cost at a manufacturer’s web site. Pro has not only not proven that they are cheaper, pro has not proven that they are more valuable, the axis of this debate. Bootcamp I agree that running Windows is less than ideal, but we live in a less than ideal world. More programs are made for Windows, including viruses. Cloud ready Dropbox works on both and is cheaper, still not as good as the icloud. Dropbox has had multiple major security breaches, not suitable for stashing your most private “I love Bill Gates, conformity, Dell, and Mass Marketing” Love letters http://news.cnet.com... Satisfaction Rating You argued that mobile device owners may have been surveyed without providing logical evidence. They weren’t, so the point stands. 8 Wins in a row in the computer category. That’s tiger blood winning Security Antivirus software - another hidden cost of owning a PC that is optional on a Mac. I say, buy a Mac, go without it. http://reviews.cnet.com... Cloud computing is risky as I showed how many problems dropbox has had. That’s why I would choose to buy a higher end Mac and an optional Promise Pegasus 6TB back-end storage as an additional add-on from Apple. I would start my own cloud. Not only could this offset the initial purchase cost, but turn a profit. Gaming My opponent has already conceded that you can play crazy birds on a mac and PC. Since the Mac OS can optionally run Windows, there is no software that a PC has that a Mac doesn’t. The Mac lineup has many choices that have high end graphics cards. Not only that, you can compare the specs on one page, one of the reasons why you end up a winner with an integrated hardware and software vendor, unlike PCs which are, again, made from several different part manufacturers and integrators (dell). All your shopping extremely easy. https://www.apple.com... Upgradeability Another thing you don’t need to do when you buy a high end computer, especially a Mac. The faster you upgrade, the higher the TCO. Now you paid for 3 graphics cards over the span of 3 years as opposed to two over the course of 10 years. Count the downtime during the upgrade, you’re talking very expensive computing. Do you want to buy a computer because you can upgrade it, or buy it because it works well for a long time without needing to upgrade?