PC is superior to Mac

First and foremost I think it's important to mention that the true answer to the question at hand is very dependent on the needs of the individual that is receiving the recommendation. In this case I would deem a PC superior because of not only its commercial appeal (more Windows gamers) to game manufacturers but very much their ease of replacing hardware (a graphics board comes to mind in this case) as well. On the other hand, if the user is not much into technology and simply wants something that will consistently work and won't get doomed by their malware filled, yet pretty desktop wallpaper they downloaded, a Mac is going to do them serve their needs much more efficiently. This is because of two main reasons; the first being that malware programmers want the most bang for their buck (as do most people) so they naturally aim for the bigger target, which in this case would be the PC users. Around 80% of computer users are using a PC, giving the internet bandits a much broader area of potential users to infect. The second reason that Microsoft tends to produce at a quantity over quality due to their popularity and because of this the coding is often released while still in a vulnerable state, it's pretty agreed that it is an easier task to manipulate a PC's operating system vs. that of a Mac. I worked as an I.T. guy for around five years at a small university and if every computer on campus would've been a Mac there would've been no use for my department. With all that being said (sorry about the wall of text) I would also like to mention that I myself am a PC user, but for just one reason, Macs are way too damn expensive. Putting this aside though, what I would like to argue on the behalf of the Mac, is that if we could find a user who had no existing knowledge of using a computer it would be much easier for them to adapt-to and maintain a Mac laptop. In my experiences troubleshooting both PC's and Mac computers, I've found that its significantly easier to solve the problem on a Mac, the simple reason for this is that Mac's include very high functioning repair tools in their applications folder. Most problems on a Mac can be simply solved by running one of these tools (such as disk utility) that will go out, find the problem, and fix it for you. Windows contains more specific troubleshooting tools (that are getting better) that often offer little aid. When fixing a PC (which are higher-risk machines in general) it's a more intricate process that usually requires some knowing of how computers work, or at least the ability to make use of Google (doesn't always work anyways). A good example of this would be if a new user ran into an intermittently crashing machine. With windows you'll often have go to the command prompt and run a command that's known as "chkdsk /r" which will check the hard drive for errors and repair them. On a Mac the user (pretend it's your grandma) would simply need to open their applications folder, click on a the disk utility tool, and let the Mac do the rest. As I also mentioned in the preceding paragraph Mac's are much less susceptible to malware, making life much easier for the novice user. At the end of the day, neither OS is really superior to the other t hough, it all just depends on who's using it.