Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC

date posted 21st January 2006 15:53

Mac hands down.

They're much better value. Compare a similar specced PC to an iMac. =20=

The time I save very day not having to wait 10 minutes for my PC to =20
boot up is worth the price difference alone. Let alone the money I =20
save on virus software, etc etc etc

If you've only got =A3200 then a PC is your only option, but if you're =20=

a pro and can afford =A31000 then Macs are so much better it hurts.


> In Web design you have to have the PC as only 10% (guess) of the =20
> browsing
> public use MAC so it's not a dilemma to which one is best as you =20
> can have
> programmes for both now.

Nowhere near 10% of users - more like 4%. You only have to TEST on a =20=

PC - HTML is the same whichever you do your work on. I do all my =20
design and html on my lovely iMac G5 and have my HP laptop next to it =20=

to test websites.

> You don't get the
> same problems as the PC due to viruses, when was the last time you =20
> heard of
> virus on a MAC I think it's nearly 6 years for me. I'm sure there =20
> have been
> some.

Not on OSX there aren't. There are no known viruses for OSX compared =20=

to hundreds of thousands of PC viruses. Main reason is OS X requires =20=

you system password for every install by default - so a virus can't =20
install itself without your say-so. Saves wasting valuable memory =20
running a virus checker.=