RE: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC

date posted 21st January 2006 16:11

It's na=EFve to think that there are no viruses for the Mac - a quick =
google search will find references to a number of issues / malware.

Similar specced PC to an iMac will cost you similar money. It's all the =
periphery that can change the price significantly in somebodys favour.

And if your PC takes 10 minutes to boot you need it looking at... =20

Now, I'm a PC person through & through - I do own an iBook G4 for =
testing and I only really use it with Safari and Firefox but it's locked =
up or refused to start far more than the PC I use for development.

I guess it's always going to be a personal preference - the main thing =
is to be happy with what you're using and use it to it's best =
advantages.

My 2p ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of =
Richard Quick
Sent: 21 January 2006 16:27
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC


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 boot =
up is worth the price difference alone. Let alone the money I save on =
virus software, etc etc etc

If you've only got =A3200 then a PC is your only option, but if you're 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=20
> you can have programmes for both now.

Nowhere near 10% of users - more like 4%. You only have to TEST on a PC =
- HTML is the same whichever you do your work on. I do all my design =
and html on my lovely iMac G5 and have my HP laptop next to it 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=20
> there have been some.

Not on OSX there aren't. There are no known viruses for OSX compared to =
hundreds of thousands of PC viruses. Main reason is OS X requires 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.
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