Resolved: PCs are better than Macs

I just realized this was the final round. Before entering my final arguments, I'd just like to express that I look forward to the possibility of debating with THEBOMB again someday. C1. The most basic mac is more affordable than the most basic PC. That I concede. As you climb up the ladder, however, macs are cheaper. Also, whe you factor in the tec support mentioned numerous times on those review sites provided, the pc is roughly the same price with more aggravation. That error was not tiny. It was a poorly run survey with only four people as far as can be seen. There are too few people polled to be able to determine which computer is worse. It becomes even worse when you observe that two of those people showed evident bias towards PC from passed experience. I never called the credibility of the magazine as a whole into doubt. I called the credebility of that survey for that comparison into doubt. The magaine is liable to mess up at some point. Since it was clearly in that survey, that sury can't be used as proof and so any results drawn from it can't be used. The quality of a computer cannot be judged on price alone. If that were the case, then the cheapy kids computers you buy for a three year old to press buttons on would be the ultimate computer because it's the cheapest. While more people can afford the various PC brands, that doesn't make them a higher quality computer. I spent no time on this argument because anyone can see that there are more PCs out there than macs. That's because they're cheaper, not better. C2a. I provided more personal accounts than just my own. Even if you disregard my account, the sites I've provided have easily 100 accounts of people having problems with their PCs and complaining about them. My opponent has provided no such site for macs. My opponent claims that I've dropped the different models argument. This is false. If you'll look back one round, it'll be noticed that I pointed out why his models example was useless. “The models you sighted were being see-through verses pink verses whatever else. That has no affect on the capability of the comuter. ” C2b. I never conceded that someone should be allowed to modify their computer without losing their warranty. I said that any company will take the warranty if you mess with the computer, but that doesn't stop anyone. They take the risk anyway. You can modify a mac as well as a PC. There are risks I both, and the warranty is voided in both cases. It was never specified that modifying was limited to hardware. The argument was you can't modify a mac. You can. Even if that modification is as simple as writing a new program. You can't build your own mac because the pieces are very precise and very high quality. That doesn't make the computer worse. I would love a picture. C3. Two of the people surveyed were clearly biased towards PC based on past experience. They're entire testimony contradicted itself. That alone makes those results untrustworthy because half the survey was biased. Since the ultimate conclusion cited relied on the results of that survey, the argument is invalid based upon the sole source provided. I have provided no counter studies because that “insignificant detail” is very significant. When half of the people surveyed are biased, that survey is invalid. This argument was my opponent's thus he had to fix it. Based on my opponent's argument's, all I had to do to invalidate this argument was point out that a significant portion of the study cited was invalid and poorly done. Read the testimony. The gamer is clearly refering to the graphics for both parts. The testimonies in the study could have been written by anyone. There is no name or anything. It just says “teacher” or “gamer”. If blogs are untrustworthy even though someone asking for help with, or criticizing, their computer and has no reason to lie, then that is a further reason why my opponent's study is invalid. Once again, when judging computer quality, one must use personal accounts. There is no reason to ignore them. My opponent's study doesn't even have a date to show when it was written. In five years, the site is still considered a valid source. If it were ten years old, that'd be a different story. Older sources must be used, however, because there wouldn't be enough sources from 2012 alone. The internet argument is not true at all. That's like saying if your provider provides 4G, then you get it even though your phone can't even run 3G. The computer can only run the internet so well and so fast. I miss how my source is completely innacurate according to my logic. C4. That was not a concession. We are not arguing OS capability and quality. If we were this would be Windows vs OS X. It's not. We are arguing the physical capability of the computer itself. Not it's operating system. If my opponent wants to argue OS, though, then fine. I've already cited numerous sources saying the Apple OS is better for multimedia alone. C5. There are more PCs than macs because of pricig, true. However, the price doesn't determine the quality of the computer. There are also more phones that can't use 3G than those that can. 3G is better, though. The phones and plans that allow it just cost more. My Arguments C1. This argument was based solely on programmers. Therefore, the testimonies of programmers are what will lift up or tear down this argument. The only testimonies provided lift it up. C2. Why can't a photographer know which computer is better? If a business owner isn't the proper authority, then who is? A magazine that can't run a good survey? I don't understand how it is at all akin to asking a physisist to explain Constitutional Law. One is theories while the other is government. They are nothing alike. Business owners can make recommendations on equipment even if they aren't in the same business. They know what works. They can tell others what works based on their experience. There is no reason why a business owner is not a legitimate authority on the matter of what computer is better for business. C3. I specifically said those three companies, so I provided sources for them. I can't possible get a source for every PC company out there in the time I've got availiable. Give Apple customer support a call sometime. They are plenty helpful. And I provided two personal accounts because providing anymore would just get repetetive. There are tons of them out there. You provided a sourcce were 595 people complain. I provided four scources and pulled one complaint from each. The first scource alone has 1045 reviews for Dell with a two star rating. My opponent has tried to show that PCs are superior because they are cheaper. This is false. The quality of a computer has nothing to do with its price. He's also tried arguing that PCs are superior because you can get them in pink and purple and orange. His one survey showing PCs have superior hardware is a poorly conducted survey with obviously biased participants.