Question makes no sense. That's like saying will a sedan beat a coup. They have two different purposes. The Mac and PC share general purpose attributes which makes the Mac the better system for a variety of reasons ( lack of virus, ease-of-use, security, etc). The PC is a gamers' rig. An area Apple has not sold into. Naturally, gamers will prefer PCs. In certain applications such as MS Excel, the PC has the larger installed base.

Overall, if you measure the new comers onto the Mac or PC platforms, Apple is adding more users based on ipod, iphone, and other accessories sales. Mac Wins.

I don't necessarily agree that mac is far superior to Windows or any other product, nor will it ever take over a market dominated by Windows. Personally I like Mac OS X and it is the only OS I choose to use. But I am not a PC gamer, if I were, I would definitely be using Windows. I do think that Mac OS X will gain more and more market share and become even more compatible with other operating systems. Eventually Linux will take over though... probably.

Hands Down,mac is hands on ` user friendly.. I'm a grandma mac user and have been since 1994. It's all about willingness to go with the creative flow with mac, using instead of swimming against, the current. The intuitive, the ease is the 21st century transition from 'making things harder than they need to be, and enforced reliance on a "geek".. to joy of connection and learning for all of us!! Our youngest grandkids are making choices to wait till they come home to use the mac, because the p.c. at school is "just too 'dumb". There seem to be natural choices, macs used in Qi Centers, by people in spiritual growth communities. A movement away from consumerism to sustainability, as the elder Macs have lasted longer for relevance' than disposable p.c.s It seems true that, Life doesn't invite the 'changing face of the future in, we've always pushed our way in with reason' behind a fierce sense of loyalty to what we value.

I own a $2000 Mac, and a $1400 PC. I am a Digital Designer, Avid Gamer and mild Computer Programmer (I build computers, write basic programs etc.). I feel well versed in both Operating Systems, but must admit I have a sweet side in my heart for Mac. Don't get me wrong I love PCs, its just a matter of practicality for me which decides what I use. I use my PC for what it does best. It's got twice the power of my Mac for much less money, so for 3D rendering and Motion Graphics I would say PC hands down takes the cake (As well as gaming but thats obvious). Also since it is a tower, I can easily upgrade one part at a time keeping my computer on the fresh side of technology. On the other hand I love the "Mac World" and how nicely the OS is synced with other Mac applications and hardware. I think Vista tried, but Leopard just blows it out of the water in terms of a more user friendly interface and ease of compatibility. I forgot how much of a pain in the ass installing and configuring drivers could be. Also the way Mac handles graphics and the stability of the OS makes photoshop and Illustrator work a little more efficient (google it if you don't know why yet... stability, Unix, software the whole shabang). So to get to the point. IF... macs ever decide to become more affordable then I could see myself running solely the Macintosh platform. But as long as PCs are the only truly customizable/cheap alternative, I would say they will continue to dominate the market. Macs are only better if you can utilize the benefits... which some people would not. There is more to touch on but I'm bored of writing. That'll do.

Apple is the face of computing innovation. While Microsoft and PC hardware manufacturing companies are stuck in the past, Apple is forging ahead, first with the revolutionary iPhone, and with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, which received critical acclaim far and beyond what Vista achieved. Vista was a step backwards-in security, in functionality, in user interface. Leopard was a step into the future. Don't forget-Apple first implemented mice user interface devices, graphical user interfaces, and computer drawing software. Microsoft , while leading in market share currently, is slowly falling behind the R&D;powerhouse of Apple. There are still those who argue that PCs have more software availability than Macs. To those making that argument, welcome to the 21st century. Macs run just about every consumer application in existence, can run most games, and if you need more, just run Windows on a Mac (Boot Camp, VMWare, Parallels)! Mac bundled software (ahem...iLife) kicks bundled Windows software's ass and will continue to do so. Surely, Apple will overtake Microsoft's market share in personal computing, if not because of their innovation and technology, then because of their user-friendly interface, little to no learning curve, and simply functional software.

It depends on what Microsoft does with it's next release. Windows right now is bloated, trying to support decades old technology and design patterns. The reason OS X still exists and is on the rise is because Apple basically started fresh with OS X (ok to be truthful all OS X is neXt, but fresh when compared to Old World macs), and in doing so allowed it to shed off all those old ideas and stop having to support bad design principles. Granted part of the reason they were able to do this and Microsoft wasn't was because they didn't have the enterprise install bass that Microsoft does, but that doesn't change the fact that it puts Apple in a better position now. So unless Microsoft has plans to radically change what they are doing now in comparison to Windows 7, they are going to be stuck in the same boat as they are now with Vista (Released late, bloated and full of inconsistencies). This doesn't even take into account the fact that Microsoft is rumored to make 7 modeler, which could serious hurt them where they are strongest, businesses. At this moment the brighter future looks for Apple, and I don't see that changing.

Macs will eventually take over the computing market in terms of productivity. Mac book already have invaded the college life's of most students and have therefore shown they are better for such things such as word processing.

But the real question is...how does Linux come into play?

Apple will eventually hold the majority market share over PC due to its much bigger pension for innovation and security. Macs are built on UNIX, an infinitely more stable OS than Windows. Steve Jobs also happens to be a marketing genius, compared to Microsoft who has basically been running on auto-pilot for the past 10 years.

It doesn't matter because as long as those who love their pc's, there is less motivation to actively create virus' for mac users. Plus, for most people, surfing the web and playing solitaire are their biggest computing needs. Those of us who have creative minds and enjoy their computers to never crash and intuitively work with you, we will stay with our mac's.

With Mac's ease of use, which has always been their best asset, along with the ability to now STILL have Windows (XP or Vista) running simultaneously, the need for a PC only computer is greatly diminishing. People have always wanted simplicity and reliability. Mac provides both of these by maintaining K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid), while Windows has only grown more complex and aggravating with subsequent OS's.

Open challenge to PC users: Let's randomly select 100 people who are entering the realm of personal computing, determine what MOST people want to do with their computer, and see who figures out how to do it faster. Your ignorance would be astonishing if you said PC.

Terrible question. But Mac is superior to PC which is an argument against the other answer.

But Apple always does their best work when they're fighting against an empire. Back in the 80's the empire was IBM. Today it's Microsoft. They need that kind of villain in order to push themselves.

Mac already beat PC, but it'll never win in market share.

It's like comparing a BMW or Mercedes to a Ford or Toyota.

As a I.T. professional who has built her own machines (PC) since age 13, I can say without doubt that Apple's MacIntosh easily and elegantly beats the pants off of anything happening in the PC world.

They get the ribbon for ease of use, for embrace of open source, for unobtrusive updates that do not eat your machine alive, and for thin coding solutions.

I have just switched from PC to MAC after losing yet another PC to Microsoft's Update and I tell you right now... not only will I never go back, I will, can, and am implementing MAC rather than PC in every company I consult.

The days of supporting corporate and market driven "solutions" that are clunky, do not work well together, and require constant supervision to maintain performance, and are priced to bleed you are OVER here.

Yes, MAC IS awesome and if you have not spent more than a month with one, you really have no idea how it can be.... when you reach that moment when you stop and say, "Wow... you know, I haven't had a single problem..." well, let's just say it's a powerful thing.

As soon as people learn that PC is ripping them off by creating all these firewalls and stuff for extra money that PC's NEED in order to properly run, whereas Mac's come totally equiped with everything you need and upgrades are FREE and easy to get. It even TELLS you when one is available! And now a lot of games can be played on Mac's too.

People are rejecting Windows Vista because it isn't that much better than XP. Mac, on the other hand, continues to put out some decent hardware and an excellent OS. With the popularity of the iPods, and of course the iPhone, Macintosh is ready to take advantage of Microsoft's bad reputation.

Eventually, I think that we will see the tide change in favor of the Macintosh. Or, Microsoft will just simply buy Macintosh, run it into the ground, and our only choice for operating systems will be Linux.

i like mac and how it is

The issues arises from the principles that guide the development of each hardware and software combination.

Apple develops hardware and software together, thus Mac OSX is meant to run on specifically designed Mac Hardware.

Microsoft develops software to run on any hardware, thus Windows is meant to be universal.

So why is Mac better? Because the software and hardware is designed to work together, whereas PC's are designed to allow for universality. PC's will have more issues arise from this.

The Mac is functional sleek modern, and easy to use. I have two and they have all the same programs as PC but these don't get spam and they are easer to handle

The mac is AMAZING

-first of all, everyone knows that the mac surpasses the PC in gaming (it lets you directly connect the hard drive memory WITH the graphics card)

-loading is fast as heck with all this memory, also you can download all you want

- but most importantly, you can do ANYTHING on the mac that you can on a PC. LITTERALLY. Mac GIVES you all the software you need and they give you BootCamp. It lets you run your mac as a PC

like with the click of a button you can run windows instead of apple.

so its impossable that pc can be better because a mac can run as a pc easily. Then you get all the awesomeness of a mac

The only reason a mac is worse then a PC is because all these PC users are afraid of the PC-Mac transfer. Macs rock. i OWN BOTH and i rarely use my PC

I'm definitely a PC person because I play games. And there is just plain more software in general for Windows.

However, I think it's no contest from a design perspective. Mac hardware is more standardized (eg, ATI vs Nvidia) and more plug&play;(compare airport to a pc router). MacOS is at least as reliable as XP, probably more - less futzing around, no registry crap -- and then if you consider the lack of viruses that target Macs... Oh and Vista is a total PoS.

Only thing that makes me nervous about Macs is they only have one mouse button. That's just... weird.

Macs are superior for consumer and artisitic uses. They are not as problematic as PC's because you don't "upgrade" them with hardware, rather, you upgrade with software. I don't know if anyone here has noticed but Mac software actually gets lighter as it progresses. What I mean is, while I do admit that it's not "lighter" on memory, and lighter on your HD or processor, it can manage itself in a way that it seems lighter. For example, I have an iMac G3 (255Ghz I believe, something very primitive) with only 300-something Mb of 66Mhz SDRAM, and it actually runs better with Tiger 10.4.11 than with the OS that it came out with (MacOS9).

Hardware in the Macs are tailored to fit together. They are not meant to upgrade (beyond memory and storage), so Apple fits each part and tests the performance to insure no individual component bottlenecks any other component. PC's have this problem all of the time, whether from a company or custom. You will have the best processor on the planet, the best memory, and the best video card, but your North and/or Southbridge chip cannot manage the performance, thus rendering all of your money and effort illegitimate. That was an example, there are many many many ways to bottleneck performance... and Apple knows that this cannot happen with their machines because one bad (and irreplaceable) part can ruin an entire line of computers.

There are so many reasons why Macs will always out perform PC's, whether it's the OS you're running (OSX>Linux>Win), the hardware, the quality of hardware or manufacturing, the warrenty, the initial cost and cost overall (after purchase in the form of hardware/software upgrades or replacements). Mac dominates PC's in usability for both the average consumer and the pro-user.

Now, if you're talking $$$ and Specialty applications (Scientific or gaming) PC's are better. For gaming because the market for gaming is larger for PC's because most people don't look at macs. Game developers work to make more money, more PC's than Macs means that they will develop for PC's.

Macs don't have viruses, bugs, are unified and intuitive unlike PCs

The wording of the question indicates, to me, a hardware comparison which isn't technically accurate anymore, since Mac switched it's processors over from PowerPC to Intel in 2005. At any rate the PC's were superior to the PowerPC for a variety of reasons.

What drives me crazy about Macs is having only one mouse button. I've used PCs for my whole life so I'm accustomed to the two button system. Since Windows dominates the market, this is probably going to be a continued issue for possible converts.

Additionally as far as the OS goes, it's become too specialized and overly niche based. Basically Mac has focused all their efforts on making their platform media based. As opposed to Linux and Windows which continue to try and make their OSes more versatile.

也许mac设计是很不错的，操作也很人性化，性能也优良，但由于价格太高，软件系统的封闭，硬件的更换不方便，限制了mac的推广使用，但我仍然对mac存有希望，因为mac已在转变自成一体的做法，逐步开放。

The PC was first and always will be the best in the world of technology some people might consider it a beauty contest and if so then yes the mac ones but for functionality, compatibility, personalization then the PC is the clear winner.

Mac seems more on the beauty seeking side to me because all of their products are well designed, but functionality is always in question when I use a mac.

For functionality, compatibility, personalization, PC is the clear winner.

PC is the market leader and the better product. Mac's are only good for creating and storing photos and graphics.

It really depends on who captures more niches. Right now Mac means Apple. However, PC is broad and encompasses way more of the marketplace. If Apple can find a way of taking over certain niches such as computer gaming, I believe they will have a chance, however I don't see that happening anytime soon.

OK well mebbe not "far better" but the fact that I can play way better games means that I'm keeping one in my home.

Mac will NEVER beat PC because Mac is a product of Apple.

Apple is a Marketing company that pushes technological products. They do nothing to contribute to the industry that is innovative or creative. (Other than creative Marketing and creative form factor design)

It amazes me that they are still able to survive in the Technology Industry at all, let alone actually turning profits. It's all due to their marketing schemes and building on already established technological ideas.

iPod and iTunes saved them financially, but they didn't invent the file sharing concept and storing mass music on a hard drive (let alone a portable music player). They merely stepped into play and became a middle man between the music industry and consumer. They did not invent the cell phone, and mobile web browsing and cell phones have been around for years before they got into that market.

They have contributed nothing except building on existing ideas and trends. Sure you can make an argument that they improve these technologies, but you can't justify their price points and constant upgrades/updates on their own products.

Mac would only surpass PC if advancements on personal computing leveled off...and if that happened, they would not be on top for very long because someone else would come up with a new ORIGINAL idea.

As much as I get frustrated with MS and third party products, they have kept the business world moving and have employed many many people and have ensured jobs for the foreseeable future. Apple just offers employment at the Apple store.

Whether Mac or PC is better depends on what one wants to use the computer for.

Hardcore gamers will always stick with PC because it can be upgraded well.

People who only use computers casually will stick with Mac.

Overall though, PC is better because once one learns how to use it, it can be put to many different uses.

Think of it in terms of open-source/closed-source. Like Microsoft software, Mac hardware is totally closed, uncustomizable, and overpriced (Oh, and Apple has a total monopoly over it). PCs on the other hand are filled with variety, customability, and massive competition, which drives prices down and allows for more rapid improvements.

P.S. When one says Mac vs. PC, I think in terms of hardware. If you are talking about OS then please specify Mac OS vs. Windows. At least in my mind, PC does not equate to Windows, it is the hardware foundation for which there are endless software possibilities.

I would say no Mac will never beat PC in the near future because there arnt as many good games out for the mac and the mac,just look cool thats all

The Mac is like a tricycle. It will never fall on it's side. Nobody dies on a Mac, you always have steady speed and it does not let you customize so you don't ruin it. Anyone can drive a Mac

The PC is like a motorcycle. It has unlimited choices. It's hard to drive, but if you learn how to do it, you'll easily reach 150 mph in a few seconds. Many people die in them because it's hard to handle. You can customize it anyway you like. Only people capable of driving transmission at insane speeds with nothing to protect them from falling manage to see it's full potential. The rest of the people die out due to natural selection or quit and buy Macs.

I'll admit it makes me a bit biased, but I'm a gamer and all my games work great on my PC. Most of my games don't have a Mac version.

No it will not. Macs are a fad which will fade after their overly expensive, white and shiny gimmick runs its course. PCs evolve quicker and do not make their users elitist snobs. Of course, they hold a large market stake with the iPod and iPhone but I believe in the long run other more competitive products will edge these pricey gadgets out.

PCs. They're ubiquitous, better designed, and cross-compatible in a way Macs aren't. I don't think Windows is better than Apple, but there are a wide range of other operating systems that are designed to work on PCs, like, for example, the open source OS Linux.

proprietary hardware will never beat an open market.

Proprietary will never win against open standards.

Well, they both are good Operating Systems, but PC's are better for many reasons:

You can run almost all programs on a PC.

You can access CMD controls and others on PC's easier.

Its GUI isn't crap.

PC's are much better for the educated user as it allows you to customize EXACTLY the way you want it. That being said, they do tend to be more complicated and error prone, therefore requiring more computer savvy to become as usable as a Mac.

PC's are also much cheaper, and for those who think otherwise, you obviously don't know what your talking about. For a base Mac you generally pay a $200 premium over the PC option, and for any upgrades you end up paying far more than what they actually cost.

And for those that think Mac's are good for "graphics", for the most part it is just a marketing ploy designed to reduce the geekiness of the Mac, while in turn making the PC look like the nerds computer. PC's can ALWAYS have better hardware than a Mac, especially when it comes to expansion cards, like graphics cards. This means that they are can be better for gaming, and programs that require top hardware. Most of the professional programs used for video editing, etc. are dual platform or on only PC. Very few are just Mac. This means that Mac has no advantage when it comes to software or hardware for "graphics" and generally has a disadvantage.

Macs do have the "stylish" look, but that is really their only advantage. Once upon a time they have been more usable, but Microsoft created Vista to be much more intuitive than XP, almost similar to OS X.

i use pc a lot more because it is cheaper and more things work with it than mac

reasons for pc

1. better games

2. chances are a program will almost always be for pc but not always for mac, and for those garage band fans, there are alternatives for pc which could hold their own against garage band.

3. When you have a problem with the mac you have to go to a mac store and possibly pay tons just to get something that a pc solves online on open source sites.

4. I'm using a mac right now and let me say that most of the features that they hold dear can be found one way or the other for pc or linux. What does it have? aesthetics and only aesthetics.

Mac better than PC hrmmmm ummm ok. Me not think so...Mac is great for graphics.... its also great for hmmmm well nothing comes to mind. Its not something i would use in the server world, although there is Mac servers, I have never liked Mac and i started out on Mac...im a PC superuser moreless Linux OS's variety of them and of course windows servers 2003-2008 are pretty good servers, and can be very secure. And in gaming even though Mac is great for like photoshopping it isnt something i would want to play COD4 or Crysis on.

BASH!

oh yeah! pc is the shizz!

Mac's are very expensive, and as far as I know, The windows operating system is much easier to learn. I tested out a Mac in a store once and I didn't know what anything was or how anything worked.

Just a quick note: PC stands for Personal Computer. Why does everyone insist on referring to computers that run the Windows operating system as PC's while referring to Mac's as Mac's. Mac's ARE PC's

Mac is bad, PC is good. Mac is bad, PC is good. Mac is bad, PC is good. Mac is bad, PC is good.