1) Macs can run both Mac OS X and Windows. It isn't the other way around. Not easily, and certainly not legally.
2) Apple manufactures both the hardware and the OS. That means every component is made to work. Microsoft only develops the OS; it has to be "shoe-horned" into every PC that third-party vendors build. That means potential driver conflicts, multi-party upgrades, and compatibility problems.
3) Viruses. Need I say more?
4) Cost. Many people argue that Macs cost more. I say this is false economy; you just pay more up front for a Mac. But since Macs include just about everything you need for computing, you don't need to pay to add Office software, more memory, and so on.
5) The Mac OS is built on UNIX. If you want to, you can install Apple's free X Windows (an alternate graphical user interface, common to the UNIX world), download and run thousands of UNIX programs in addition to the thousands of Mac-native programs.
6) iTunes and iPod compatibility. Need I say more?
7) Web browsing and email. Macs ship with Safari and Mail, two very robust and capable programs. You can also download and use Firefox, Opera, Camino, and very soon Chrome, if you wish.
8) Secure and friendly. Setting preferences is done in an easy-to-understand manner (how easy do you find it to set up networking in Windows or Linux?). The old Apple ads weren't lying: It just works!
9) Stability. Upgrading Macs is easy and painless. I have upgraded my current Mac from 10.2 (Jaguar) to 10.3 (Panther) to 10.4 (Tiger) to 10.5 (Leopard), including minor upgrades, without any problems.
10) Durability. My current Mac is five years old and runs the latest Mac OS well and efficiently. I've never had to re-install or "clean out the junk." I have a nine year-old Mac laptop that I just 'retired,' since it's now out of Apple support matrix. How old (and well) is that two year-old PC you're running?
Answered by
shant_k
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at
11:58 AM on October 28, 2009
