Mac computers are better than PC's

As burningpuppies101 mentioned, I forgot to define "better". I apologize for this silly mistake. "1. Security in mind. A virus or malware has nothing to do with the OS. Mac OSX is not affected, but only because there are very few out there. However, a nonMac user getting a virus is only one person's fault; the user. If anything, Mac's are more vulnerable, because they are drawn into a false sense of security that their mac is safe, when the non Mac users have a firewall and anti virus, and are actually safer. For instance, a hacker could just as easily write a virus for Mac than for non Mac. This first issue my opponent brings up is only the user's fault, not the computer. You don't blame the house when it falls down in an earthquake, you blame the builders who forgot the nails. Same thing. You don't blame the computer when it gets a virus, you blame the user who forgot to get an anti-virus. So this point is moot. " Lets say we have two people. Person A uses a computer running Windows Vista, and Person B uses a computer running Leopard. Both are equal in stupidity. Person A and Person B go to the same websites. Neither of them download any programs. Now let's say that both Person A and Person B go on a corrupted website. As a result, Person A's computer obtains a virus, while Person B's computer does not. The point I am trying to make is that no matter what the reason (even if the reason is that most computer viruses are designed for Windows computers), it is a fact that Macs do not obtain as many viruses as computers running Windows. Thus, Mac's are safer to use than Windows computers. "1. A Mac, by definition is a personal computer. Therefore, it cannot be better than itself. For instance, you cannot say that a book is better than a book. So there is the first problem, and that essentially takes out his entire argument. I've won at this point. I'll add some more later. but this point alone can win me the debate. " This was an argument posted by my opponent. I agree that a Mac is indeed a personal computer. But I clarified at the beginning of the first round that when I said PC, I was indicating a computer in which the built in operating system is Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. Thus, you cannot win the debate due to the fact that I clarified this. "3. That may be helpful to those who use it, but is only detrimential to those who don't. For instance, my mother has a MacBook, and she never uses these programs: iChat iPhoto iDvd iLife iWork iCal Mail PhotoBooth GarageBand Yet all these programs come with the computer, and take up valuable space on her hard drive. Keep in mind that this comes out of the box. Also keep in mind that eg. Windows XP does not have all this extra software. That have the OS, and one or 2 trial programs that can be easily deleted. So actually, XP is better that it only gives you what you need, and if you need something else, obtaining it is not a problem. " These programs are not detrimental to those who don't use these programs. These programs may take up space on the hard drive, but since they are built into the device, they do not pose any threat to the system. Also, the hard drive is big enough on a Macbook such that these programs do not take up a significant amount of space. And though your mother may not use the programs, they are available to her. On a Windows computer, they are not available out of the box. In order to obtain these features, one would have to download off of a third party site, which could lead to spyware. Moreover, you are only considering the people who don't use these programs. Many people do use these programs. For example, I have programmed my mac to open my email and my calender every time I log in. This allows me to view any important events or emails without having to remember to open the programs. This feature is not available on the Windows operating system. Just as I used the Apple site, you had used the Microsoft site. Just as the Microsoft Site will be biased to their product, the Microsoft site will be biased to their product. Thus, I can logically say that your source is invalid as well. To end this round, I would like to post a link to a chart showing all of the aspects of Windows Vista compared to Leopard. Each operating system is given points based on how they perform and their features. In the end, Leopard gets 46 points, while Vista obtains 41 points. The link to the chart is posted below. . http://www.engadget.com... There were no other sources used in this round.