Saturday, January 16, 2010

Mac vs PC - Adam

The Apple Macintosh vs the Personal Computer is a battle that will wage for years to come. Apples market share has been steadily increasing for some time now, although their notebook market share is only at 4.1%. why do people buy macs? according to the web site a top reason is that Mac
"Doesn't get PC viruses. Designed with security in mind, Mac OS X isn’t plagued by constant attacks from PC viruses and malware. Likewise, it won’t slow you down with constant security alerts and sweeps."
Macs don't get viruses its enough for anyone to want a mac right away am I right? well not this consumer. this type of thinking is exactly what will keep me using my PC. aside from a MacintoshBook costing over $1000 as apposed to my Dell that I got for a cool $400 lets look at this objectively. Why do PCs have viruses, spyware, adware, malware? Because for the moment PCs are the majority of the market share. If Macs keep increasing their market share slowly but surely they will become the majority. And as the quote mentioned Macs don't slow you down with constant security alters and sweeps thus leaving them defenseless. once the scales tip toward Mac the virus and malware designers will focus more on Macintosh Computers and leave PCs to become the new minority thus freeing us from the virus worries. So as for me and Steve...we'll keep our Dells and hold out for the market change.

2 comments:

  1. Don't forget that as soon as you download a Microsoft program onto a Mac (such as Microsoft Office, which everyone has) it is open for all of the same viruses a PC can get. Macs blow.

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  2. Unfortunately for you PC lovers and the wait for the change in the majority, Apple's Mac is its only competitor with its self, and we all know the cheaper the better for everyone, and competitiveness is what drives the price down, so no viruses in sight for the Apple lovers sorry PC

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