Doing a 9 minute presentation on why a PC is better than a MAC. Not necessarily saying that it IS better, but I would like to hear some arguments with facts to back up your opinion to help give me insight as to why PC's (hardware & OS wise) are better than a MAC. Thank you.

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Macs ARE PC' PC = Personal Computer = Mac

Tell whoever is making you present this that they're fucking retarded.

Also, Macs are overpriced, can't build them yourselves, harder to upgrade yourselves, have limited software compared to Windows (but now Windows runs on macs, so whatever)

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Anon is right about the overpriced and lack of compatibility with most softwares.

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It's all the same shit. If you like macs, that's your prerogative, likewise for Windows. It really makes no difference, you can get the same software on both, and they both have basically the exact same hardware.

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If you have a macintosh computer you automatically become cool and trendy. If you buy a PC you become old and boring. It has been scientifically proven.

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I think the biggest disadvantage the Mac has compared to the PC is lack of versatility. You can't exactly upgrade or build a Mac. You just buy it. Software has compatibility issues with it. You can't easily play games on it. With a PC, you have a wealth of customization options to choose from. PCs don't suffer from as many compatibility problems as Macs do. An important thing to keep in mind is that PC is just personal computer, not exclusively Windows. Figure out if you're doing a Windows vs Mac or a PC vs Mac presentation first.

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Anon is wrong. Macs have native software for almost anything - if not, you can dual boot Windows or even run it as a layer over Mac OS X. Software isn't the advantage.

Go with PCs are an open hardware platform, built by many businesses. This brings hardware innovation such as the eee PC. If you have the expertise you can get a powerful and cheap computer by building your own.

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The advantage of having a Windows PC over a Mac is that you can buy a dirt cheap, crap, machine… just like you can buy a really crap car from Ford but not from Ferrari.

I don't get how people see that being able to build your own PC is an advantage. Building your own PC is for loosers who want to spend eons in their room alone pissing around with jumper settings, cables, screws and hardware compatibility problems. Great for nerds and nerds alone.

I could go on, but it's a boring story. If you haven't used a Mac for more than a couple of months, you can't possibly compare the two.

Another advantage: You can spend hours tweaking windows and your hardware and everyone will think that you're some kind of computer genius because you 'seem to know what you're doing', then spend ages helping friends and family with their PC problems who'll also make you feel like a God for helping them because you 'seem to know what you're doing'.

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> I don't get how people see that being able to build your own PC is an advantage. Building your own PC is for loosers who want to spend eons in their room alone pissing around with jumper settings, cables, screws and hardware compatibility problems. Great for nerds and nerds alone.
Building a PC is as simple as building Ikea furniture. You just do a bit of research, snap everything together, install the software, and you're done. Of course, this assumes that you know what you're doing. You'll need to read up or get a friend to help you if you aren't too good with computers. But for the most part, it really isn't as hard as you make it out to be. It's definitely easier now than it was ten years ago.

The real advantages of building your own PC is customization and price. You can choose exactly what sort of hardware you want in your PC. You can look through various competitors and find the best performance hardware at the best price. Custom built PCs are almost always cheaper than retail PCs. They are often better performance at a lower price as well.

The other thing about building PCs is satisfaction. Some people just enjoy creating things with their hands. It's the same reason Legos are shipped in pieces instead of already put together. You get satisfaction out of building the Lego. Those Lego pieces can then be dissembled and used to build something else, just like PC components. I feel that this is the real reason why people bother with building PCs.

> Another advantage: You can spend hours tweaking windows and your hardware and everyone will think that you're some kind of computer genius because you 'seem to know what you're doing', then spend ages helping friends and family with their PC problems who'll also make you feel like a God for helping them because you 'seem to know what you're doing'.
I don't know what you're trying to say with this. If you are being sarcastic and trying to say that this is a disadvantage, it isn't. Whether or not you want to "spend hours tweaking windows and your hardware" and then "spend ages helping friends and family with their PC problems" is up to you. You're making it out like this is a requirement for owning a PC. What prevents me from doing the exact same thing with a Mac?

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You can build your own computer and then make it run the apple operating system by using methods relating to the OSx86 project. However, it won't technically be a mac since apple didn't build it. However, this does let you have all the versatility of other home built computers such as upgrading, etc.

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I like to use the metaphor of a car: Most people like to buy a car and then drive it. Some people like to build a car, drive it and tweak it. Both end up doing the same thing, but most people would rather just drive the car.

I have more where that came from. I used to be in I.T. for 10 years and just plain old got bored as hell with messing about with PC's. The Mac can do everything a PC can do and then some.

On the plus side: PC's often have parallel ports and serial ports so you can still connect up old redundant hardware to your machine and program line printers and 400bps modems for fun.

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