Resolved: PCs are better than Macs

I'm just going to put links to sources right when I use them. It's easier this way. I apologize in advance for not writing as much of what the article says, but I ran out of space last time and want to make sure I say all I want to this time. C1. http://www.geeksquad.com... Here's a link to a professional repair company. $130 per repair. You're just going to have to take personal experience when it comes to the number of times a computer needs to go to the repair shop. Here are plenty of complaints about a particular computer's failing and needing repairs. I'll find more if you want. http://www.my3cents.com... I'll concede that on the very bottom end, the mac is more expensive than the cheapest of pcs. If you start climbing the ladder in quality, however, you'll find that mac is actually cheaper than the other pcs able to compete with it. http://www.computerworld.com... C2a. We're dealing with computers. A fair amount of the sources will be personal. You can't dismiss them for that reason. Why wouldn't they be true? Do you have any sources that directly contradict what those people have said? Unless you do, then they are perfectly acceptable. The models you sighted were being see-through verses pink verses whatever else. That has no affect on the capability of the comuter. The amount of crashes was an exageration. Personal experience, which apperntly doesn't matter, is where I'm pulling that from. http://www.techrepublic.com... Another source. http://www.sevenforums.com... http://www.techspot.com... I wasn't attacking your 8 year old. I asked a question. And I didn't miss the analogy. I sincerely want to know why an 8 year old kid needs a computer to write a book report. Let him do them without one for awhile to develop his hadwriting. C2b. You lose the warranty on anything if you do something you weren't supposed to. That doesn't stop people. Yes, I do think someone would be able to modify it themselves without breaking it. Especially since you can write a new program to do something new and the computer is modified. Would I have the technical know how to build a mac book air? No. Would someone else, say the person who designed it? Yes. Do I have the technical know how to build any computer, though? No. Do you? Here's a site to get a kit. The minimum price is $750. http://www.build-my-home-computer.com... Why not just get the mac at this point? I didn't realize we were arguing about the precision of the computer. I also don't see how the fact that Apple has more precise manufacturing helps your case. C3. I don't care what the magazine is. They can do a survey poorly or be wrong about something. I know that things they said are false. One of the people cited in their survey said you can't take the battery out of the computer. That is false. Regardless of the quality of the magazine, a bad survey is a bad survey. http://www.popularmechanics.com... Read the survey part. There are four people cited. That is not a good survey. Read the last one. They say it's cheap feeling yet slick on a pc yet mac is gritty with sharp edges. Would gritty and sharp not be a contradiction? I hate to tell you, but those surveys are from the same kinds of people that comment on and write blogs. And you've provided no reason why the blogs are untrustworthy. Because the person isn't a proffessional? Most people who use computers don't know everything about the computer. I will, however, try to refrain from criticizing any of your other sources. Also, this is not a dropped argument. I already explained why I considered it invalid. I'll find different reasons to counter it, though, than testimony against the computer with contradictions. Macs have more RAM, a faster CPU and faster internet. http://forums.steampowered.com... Once you start climbing the ladder of quality, the mac has more to it at a lower level model than pc. http://www.computerworld.com... C4. I am arguing that the physical computer is better. This debate isn't over the quality of the operating system. I believe the mac operating system is better, but that's not what we're arguing. I'm sorry, what ignorance with file sharing? You said macs can't. I said I do all the time. I wouldn't be able to get projects done if I couldn't. C5. PCs are viewed as less secure. However, at this point, through what you've shown and my own research, I'll concede that the two computers are equal in their security without additional measures. Another reason I'm concedeing they're equal without any anti-virus software is that being equal (obviously) doesn't mean that one computer is better than the other. Being equal means that arguing this point is a waste of both our time. However, you are less likely to get a virus on a mac. The reason is that there are more PCs, so those programming the viruses stand to gain more in that field. My Arguments C1. If we were arguing Linux verses UNIX, I'd have forfeited. We aren't however. I said why Mac was preffered to PC. I never stateed mac was better, just preffered to pc. C2. Last I checked, the kenrocwell article was why businesses should use mac. I'd like to point out that my opponent first attacks the blogs because they are not proffessional enough and is now attacking this article because, far as I can tell, it's too professional. Very well, I'll provide another source. More than 60% of people would choose a mac for a business. http://www.themaclawyer.com... Also, IT people are cited in here unless you want quotation marks. “I was a senior manager at a multi-billion dollar corporation for many years and had to deal with Windows. When I'd ask our tech support people why they wasted our time with Windows systems, they'd freely admit that most of them would no longer have jobs if they upgraded to Mac.” Dell, Toshiba, and HP are bad computers I ran out of space last time, so here's the argument. People constantly complain about their computers. About crashing from the beginning and needing constant repair. I'll provide a few sources. “From the time I bought Dell inspiron m5010 it needed restores, now after five months and still going into safe mode it needs to have factory settings. it is just garbage this laptop, a defective piece of crap. hp I think is a much better computer and of course apple. i got stuck.” Based on the next site, HP is obviously no better. http://www.my3cents.com... "My Hp Dimension is basically a worthless piece of crap.. It has been problems since the day I purchased it. Save you money DO NOT buy a HP.. “http://www.my3cents.com... "My laptop within 60 days of purchase began to reboot itself. No power issues. Hours on the phone with tech support. $25 to send it back. 4 weeks later I get the laptop back with out either cord. I called they send one cord, called again they sent the other cord. 3hours of phone time to accomplish the 2 cords. Within weeks the laptop begins to reboot itself again (they replaced the harddrive. More Hours on the phone, sent the laptop back and then was told that the memory was not supported. THE MEMORY THAT CAME IN THE LAPTOP IS NOT SUPPORTED?! Of course they offered to replace the 4g of memory for $176. When I questioned them they accused CompUSA of replacing the memory. So $525 and a week of my life on the phone with scripted indians”http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com...