To Mac or To PC
This will probably be the blog that stirs up the most controversy but here goes.
Over the past few months Apple has started to air these new commercials with 2 men one older and one younger. The younger image represents a Mac while the older represents the PC, they just stand there comparing the problems that are prone to PC and not MAC. I sat and watched one of these commercials and began to get a bit concerned about the generalities Apple spoke about and how it confuses the general consumer.
The commercial that got me a little riled up has the older gentlemen freezing up implying that PC’s are the only computers that freeze. Not true. My husband, who I have spoken about in other blogs, who works on a MAC every day saw this commercial and laughed aloud with me. Do Mac’s freeze up? Sure they do as a matter of fact just this morning my husband called and said: “Jenn, when people ask if Mac’s freeze and cause problems tell them here is the message my computer gave me today. "The computer was restarted after MAC OS X quit unexpectedly. Click report to see more details or send to Apple."
What is the point of this blog? Great question! To Mac or To PC, well they are both computers therefore each one has its pros and cons. Deciding which will work better with your business should be something you discuss with an expert. If you speak to someone who loves MAC they will tell you Macintoch is the way to go and PC lovers will stay the same.
I say start with what you need the computer to do for you and what software you may want to use on the computer. Apple computers don’t support some CRM software (ie ACT) and PC’s don’t support some MAC only applications (ie Final Cut Pro). So it simply boils down to what software programs do you need to be able to fully run and use.
I know you are curious about which I prefer/use. Well I honestly use both. I love my PC for managing my everyday business needs and my contact management software, but I love my Mac for my fun stuff like creating DVD’s through iDVD. I have my MAC networked with my PCs so that I can share files in my office.
Before you start to believe what the advertisers tell you. Talk to someone who isn’t so biased and look at technology from a different point of view so you can choose what works for you!
Please tell me how you feel about this. Do you agree? Do you have a story you can share? Help us all grow by sharing your thoughts and comments
Over the past few months Apple has started to air these new commercials with 2 men one older and one younger. The younger image represents a Mac while the older represents the PC, they just stand there comparing the problems that are prone to PC and not MAC. I sat and watched one of these commercials and began to get a bit concerned about the generalities Apple spoke about and how it confuses the general consumer.
The commercial that got me a little riled up has the older gentlemen freezing up implying that PC’s are the only computers that freeze. Not true. My husband, who I have spoken about in other blogs, who works on a MAC every day saw this commercial and laughed aloud with me. Do Mac’s freeze up? Sure they do as a matter of fact just this morning my husband called and said: “Jenn, when people ask if Mac’s freeze and cause problems tell them here is the message my computer gave me today. "The computer was restarted after MAC OS X quit unexpectedly. Click report to see more details or send to Apple."
What is the point of this blog? Great question! To Mac or To PC, well they are both computers therefore each one has its pros and cons. Deciding which will work better with your business should be something you discuss with an expert. If you speak to someone who loves MAC they will tell you Macintoch is the way to go and PC lovers will stay the same.
I say start with what you need the computer to do for you and what software you may want to use on the computer. Apple computers don’t support some CRM software (ie ACT) and PC’s don’t support some MAC only applications (ie Final Cut Pro). So it simply boils down to what software programs do you need to be able to fully run and use.
I know you are curious about which I prefer/use. Well I honestly use both. I love my PC for managing my everyday business needs and my contact management software, but I love my Mac for my fun stuff like creating DVD’s through iDVD. I have my MAC networked with my PCs so that I can share files in my office.
Before you start to believe what the advertisers tell you. Talk to someone who isn’t so biased and look at technology from a different point of view so you can choose what works for you!
Please tell me how you feel about this. Do you agree? Do you have a story you can share? Help us all grow by sharing your thoughts and comments
12 Comments:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I thought I was the only one worried about those commercials and my PC was starting to make me fell nervous!
This is amazing, someone just asked me this question and I answered exactly as you did, i.e. depends on what you want to use it for, etc. Great one.
I laughed right along with you and your husband. My G5 and G4 Powerbook crash less than my old Win 2k and 98 PC's but about the same as XP-Pro.
I use both OS's and as I have moved into Real Estate investing fulltime I see many professional programs that are MUST haves in this industry which ONLY work on a PC. Many finance wesites only work with plugins found PC browsers.
As I come from producing a national TV series I have to use Mac's as well for FCP (Final Cut Pro) etc. And love them for what they do. Of course I use a 2 button mouse on my Mac :-)
I look forward to "trying" out the new Intel Mac's running OSX and XP to see if I can put my right and left brain into the same box.
I disagree, and would like to point out that you entry includes some mis-information.
First of all, since you can now run Windows on a Mac, you are NOT limited to software that only runs on Mac OS. You can run ACT on a Mac! Macs also run software for Linux. Therefore, Macs run more software than any PC.
Macs are more secure. Macs work better. Macs are price competitive when you spec out similar systems. Macs look better. Macs last longer. So, why waste money a OS-limited Windows PC?
See these articles:
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/bmX2DRfPKUr6sr/Peering-Through-Windows-On-a-Mac.xhtml
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/10383/
I work on a PC all day and a Mac at night. The only time I've ever see a Mac freeze is when it did not have enough memory in it to handle all the software that was added to it.
The last comment makes a great point about the new MAC. Personally, I have not had a chance to try it. So I look forward to seeing the new Mac's flexability.
Please remember thst everyone will vary on the opnion of MAC vs PC. You need to choose what is right for you.
I actually like the commercials and think they hold true in the real world. I run my entire business on a Mac. Makes life simple for me. NOW Contact works great for keeping track of contacts. MYOB works great for accounting. Dreamweaver works great for the web site updates. Works great with the Treo. Macs are fantastic with managing photos and creating slideshows. I can find things on a Mac but I can't find them so well when I have to walk up to someone's PC. Always feel I'm going to break the PC. Don't feel that way with the Mac. And...PCs often need their operating systems and programs re-loaded. Files seem to just vanish on the PC. Macs are stable. Whenever I've had a freeze it usually turns out to be my impatience. But...to each his own and I agree.... depending on what you are going to do with the computer and what your learning curve is for the software is what you should consider.
Let start with some basis of understanding the Intel Mac IS not the same price as pc. The reason this is a untruth is that pc equipment can be bought and specked out from over 100 different manufacture which means there prices are always better. Second the Intel chip in the Mac is state of the art right now, but will not be 6 months from now which means in order to upgrade it you will need to buy a whole new computer. Not true with a windows pc. You can walk into a computer store and buy a CPU upgrade and poof a more power computer for a little price. Next the choice of equipment that can be put into a pc is vast and wide. The choice of the equipment that Mac offers is limited and small. The crash of a Mac and a pc are about the same. It is true that more virus are written for pc then Mac, but the reason for that is simple 98% of the world uses a pc. If you are a person trying to do damage would you write it for a 3% product or a 98% product. There is not one piece of software other then apple product software that does not get written for the pc. Mac may seem easier to use to some people, but to me having used pc, Mac and Linux they are about the same. The difference comes when trying to fix them. A pc you can comb through the registry and the system files and the software configuration files. Not so, on a Mac, where Mr. Jobs has made it a difficult and troubling problem to fix something that has gone wrong. When you have a Mac problem they tell you to bring it to there shop and they will replace the part charging premium prices for parts and services, a pc part can be obtained and purchased and installed by a 15 year old next door. The real difference is how comfortable do you feel with a computer. If you are scared or no little about how they operate then a Mac is most likely right for you. As Jobs was looking to make a a computer that required nothing of the user. The pc was not designed with that in mind. It was designed with flexibility and upgradeability. An asks the user to be somewhat comfortable with using a computer as it is a little more complex but much more flexible. it does not take much to be comfortable with it either, it take a desire to understand the tool you are using. My 65 year old father and 60 mother-in-law and my 62 old father-in-law all manage it quite easily. As for running windows XP on a Mac considering the point of the ads I can't see that most people who love Mac could count that as a plus as the reason they paid the premium price for the Mac is so they could have OSX, if not then as I said earlier why not buy a white box pc for half the price.
I ran my multi-million dollar business with a PC network for years. After I got a Mac 2 years ago I have never ever had a problem close to the epic problems associated with my PCs. No Viruses. No Trojan Horses. No frozen up systems because some infection has debilitated my systems. Never EVER have I had one single day of problems with my MAC...NO COMPARISON...I WENT MAC AND I WILL NEVER GO BACK!!! I made a new web site in a day...handle over 5,000 photos in a snap...fast as grease lightening and I just bought a macMINI and a new PowerBook with the Duo Core Processor for a friend...BUILT IN VIDIO CONFRENCING LIKE YOU'RE IN THE SAME ROOM! COME ON TELL IT LIKE IT IS! MAC RULES!
I too use both Mac and Windows/PC, and i have used both since 1988. I agree, when asked i always ask what software they use primarily. Another factor, what output devices do you need to use? If you need to output to CTP [computer to plate] or direct to press, then many of these RIPPING devices are more throughly tested with the Mac OS.
I too use both Mac and Windows/PC, and i have used both since 1988. I agree, when asked i always ask what software they use primarily. Another factor, what output devices do you need to use? If you need to output to CTP [computer to plate] or direct to press, then many of these RIPPING devices are more throughly tested with the Mac OS.
Jennifer, I'm Leslie, the NAWBO member from Houston who came to visit you last November--right before the big Google Analytics announcement.
There is a software now that Friedrich Software Resources resells, Parallels, which allows the MAC and the PC to run in parallel--check out their site www.parallels.com They've had quite a lot of press recently.
With a teen-aged son who uses sports software on the MAC but has to use a PC for his homework, we're real fans of Parallels software.
So, if I'm a normal, home computer user, meaning I use my computer to do word processing, spreadsheets, internet, emails, watch DVD's, play music, perhaps record some of my own music, edit photos for fun, and I don't know a ton about computers (but have some money to spare and like the aesthetics of a mac), should I go with the mac?
Also, which types of applications are more mac oriented and which ones are more for a PC? Remember, I don't do much HTML or web design (except for a bit of HTML on a myspace page) and I'm not a gamer so I don't need some bad A graphics card (but I might have photoshop one of these days).
If any of you have some advice, please share!
thank you.
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