hm i like your take, being a pc user in a family of macs I completely understand

the only reason the macs are better at word processing is because they use "MICROSOFT OFFICE", the only reason they notice it is because of mac's more stylish outlook.

fraid that ain't true anymore, macs have been getting viruses now, just not as many simply because they only take up 10% of the market.

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.

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

Pc is ripping them off?

that is a joke, right?

i mean, besides the fact that mac isnt compatible with half of the hardware out there, so you have to spend loads more for crappy hardware...

"PC's NEED in order to properly run"

funny. i went a whole 2 years without antivirus software, and only ran the standard FREE windows firewall.. and didnt get a virus.

at the end of the two years I got AVG FREE antivirus.. still havent gotten a virus.

"It even TELLS you when one is available!"

oh. hi. um.. windows notifies you of an update, and automatically downloads it.. for free.

btw, Mac does not come 100% prepared. the only reason macs arent as virus prone as PC is because macs arent as popular. Sorry, son, but macs get viruses just as easily, they just need different viruses than windows. there are currently a few mac viruses out there, and as macs gain in popularity, viruses will start to be programmed left and right for them. infact, the point in which mac overtakes teh market will be its downfall, because then the majority of viruses will be written for mac, and it will fall apart HARD because of ignorant mac users that think they cant get viruses - so they dont have an antivirus.

btw, linux is free, and can do anything a mac can.. and the way linux is setup makes it almost impossible to write a virus for it. Linux is PC

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.

I agree with pvtNobody here, the mac OSes just don't stack up. They're made for simplicity but without the ability to adapt and change at a level as the Windows and Linux operating systems it'll lag behind. Linux was primarily built around the Unix model:

Make a kernel

Make software

Apply software to kernel

Polish into an OS

The only reason Mac lost its only chance to beat windows is because back in the earlier days everything that was developed for the mac operating system had to be developed EXCLUSIVELY for the mac operating system. Including software, hardware, and even peripherals. This makes it very hard to obtain specs for the open-source community and the great internet god flows from the open-source community.

Before we see Mac rise to power, believe me, we'll see Linux or Unix do just that.

On a side note, most servers and even the most powerful PC in the world runs Linux. It's versatile and easy to change due to the way it operates. So it's easy for enterprises to change it to fit their needs.

oh yeah! pc is the shizz!

and ox can run on pc

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