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Computer showdown: Mac v. PC |
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Thursday, 14 September 2006 |
Apple presents easy to use, virus-free system
by JASON MILLS
graphic designer/ ad designer
Easy there PC owners, you wouldn’t want to click anything that could fry your hard drive or delete any of those mystery folders just taking up space from your files.
Justin Long from “Waiting” says it best as he preaches the awesomeness of Macs in the commercials, “You just can’t trust a PC.”
Aside from having a far less annoying welcome tone, Macintosh computers
by Apple prevail in numerous ways over the standard PC.
First off, look at Macs aesthetically pleasing design.
Not only does it look nice, it is a more ergonomically correct design
as well. Have fun with your carpel tunnel syndrome PC owners, your
computers might be made for gaming but Mac owners can sure play them
longer.
Macs are made for convenience. The unlimited shortcuts on an Apple computer far surpass those of PC.
Apple sets up their keyboards on both laptops and desktop to be able to
control any function of the computer without having to touch the mouse.
Even the volume options, monitor options and the eject key are located
on the keyboard.
There are many Mac-only features that PC owners drool over. The
dashboard, for instance, is a quick and easy link to all the essential
features that would take practically 12,000 clicks for a PC user.
These include weather reports, calculator, iTunes, daily planner and post-it-note reminders.
Macs are known to be less cluttered than PCs. The “dock” and “finder”
options, as opposed to the home desktop feature, keeps things far more
organized.
The “hot-corner” option from Apple allows you to set the corners of your screen to enact certain features.
I personally have the bottom left corner to start my screensaver and
the bottom right to spread out all my open windows so I can easily
choose where I want to work.
The disk drives on Apple computers, desktop or laptop, are designed to
protect your CDs and be assured to never break. There is no longer a
disk tray that can break off. The disk is rather just inserted into a
slot on the front or side of the computer.
Convenience is the main goal for Apple computers. That is made apparent in the size and shape of their latest models.
The MacBook Pro sits at only one inch tall when closed.
I must agree, there is only one feature I wish appeared in a Mac. It is
the ability to run programs when the monitor is closed.
I am more than willing to make the sacrifice of playing music with my
laptop hidden in a one-inch crevice, for all the added features.
And who would have ever thought about putting a remote control with a computer? Apple – that’s who.
The remote control can turn anyone into a DJ at a party. Just make your
playlist on iTunes and you can skip through songs with your remote all
night without having to put your drink down.
Making playlists among other things on Macs, is far easier. Anyone who
has used a Mac knows that everything is based on the “click-and-drag”
method.
If you can’t click-and-drag on a Mac, it is not possible on any computer.
There are so many pro-Mac features I could write all day, but I decided to focus on some of the lesser-known ones.
Everyone knows Mac is the way to go for graphics and video.
Everyone knows that your cool factor goes way up with a Mac.
And everyone, especially people who have lost their warranties on their PCs, are jealous of the magnetic power cord.
So I have to thank Bill Gates for stealing Steve Job’s original Windows
idea back in the ‘80s, because if he weren’t such an awful friend, we
may not have Macs.
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Rather than making people pay $2k more for a Mac with useless stuff, they can pay $1k for a fully loaded PC and add in everything they want, while not having to pay for things they don't want. The only thing your Mac screams is "I have too much money and I want to spend it so I look cool." So go enjoy your Mac. And while you're still paying on your out of date Mac, I'll have a new, top of the line, PC.