Mountain Lion is Better that Windows 8

Pro is making the claim that Mount Lion is better than Windows 8. For Con to win this debate, Con only has to show that, at the least, Windows 8 is as good (or better) than Mountain Lion. First, I will address the points made by Pro: Mountain Lion is user friendly and stylish. So is Windows 8. This is subjective and cannot be proved. Windows users would argue that Mountain Lion is difficult to use, wile Mac users would argue that Windows is difficult to use. Windows 8 is slow and a repeat of Vista. The Windows OS is a state-of-the-art operating system. While the OS no doubt has an effect on performance, the actual hardware has much more of an effect. Mac Users are very limited to the hardware available. There are only 5 base models to choose from (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Pro). Upgrading a Mac is notoriously difficult. On the other hand there are virtually limitless configurations available for a Windows machine. The only constraint on how fast and powerful a Windows machine can be is the amount of money you are willing to spend. For the price of a Mac, one can custom build a PC that is much more powerful. Being a repeat of Vista does not make Windows 8 better or worse than Mountain Lion, this argument is irrelevant. Mount Lion is able to sync with all other apple devices. So are Windows machines since iTunes is available for Windows 8. Windows 8 is the tablet software on a laptop and desktop and is [useless] without a touch screen. While without a touch screen, you may not be able to fully experience Windows 8, it is possible to use without one. I believe you can use a Windows 7 like theme. This is also irrelevant unless Pro can show that Windows 8 is difficult to use without a touchscreen. Mountain Lion does not offer a touch screen interface therefore, in this regard, Windows 8 clearly has more features. Mountain Lion is only 20$ for all Computers under your apple ID. Window's 8 is 30$ and up depending on if you have windows 7 already. Pro concedes that the prices are nearly the same, so this is not a distinguishing factor between Windows 8 and Mountain Lion. The price has no bearing on whether or not Windows 8 is better than Mountain Lion. No doubt a Corvette is better than a Camaro, yet the Corvette is considerably more expensive. I feel I have refuted all of Pro's claims. I will now make the claim that Windows 8 is actually better than Mountain Lion since it offers users more flexibility. I have already touched on some of these, but I will state them again: Windows 8 offers the user more hardware options. This means Windows 8 can, potentially, run on a much more powerful machine than what Mountain Lion could run on. Windows 8 offers a touch screen interface, if the user has the hardware, whereas Mountain Lion offers no such UI. Windows 8 is backwards compatible with previous versions of Windows [1] Because it's backwards compatible, this means users have a much larger base of applications to choose from. "There's no shortage of decent programs available for OS X, but there are thousands more on Windows 7. That's to be expected, as the install-base for PCs is way higher."[2] Mountain Lion is not ideal for gamers as there is a very narrow selection of AAA games available for Mountain Lion compared to Windows 8. "If you're serious about using your computer to play games, there's just no contest: Windows wins, as it pretty much always has. Sure, Mountain Lion has a few AAA titles in its repertoire (thanks largely to Valve and Blizzard) but it's missing out on so many more. Same deal with low-budget indie games: a smattering find their way to Macs every year, but most stay rooted to Windows."[2] In conclusion, Pro has failed to make the case that Mountain Lion is better than Windows 8. Many of the claims Pro initially made were either irrelevant, subjective, or failed to distinguish Mountain Lion from Windows 8. Furthermore, I have presented a case which shows that, in fact, Windows 8 is better than Mountain Lion.[1] http://www.geek.com...[2] http://www.ign.com...;