When I was shopping for my first laptop a little over a year ago, I was faced with the ultimate choice – Mac or PC? This is a choice that every first time laptop user has to go through.
In order to figure out which one is ‘right’ for us we turn to many different sources in our attempt to get the DL on each product and hopefully figure out which is superior. In my journey I asked friends how they felt about the different kind of computers and I found those who had PC’s swore by them and those with Macs said they’d never go back. I slowly realized that just by asking my friends, I wouldn’t figure out which was ‘better’ because everyone liked what they had.
The next thing I did was turn to the internet. I googled(searched) for hours trying to find anything that separated the two. But, just like with my friends, every article I read was biased. At this point I was starting to pull my hair out.
Ya, ya, ya. I know, this is just as bad as all the biased articles I had read, but it was amusing and in was finally a way for PCs to fight back against all the “I’m a PC , and I’m a MAC” commercials.
What I decided from my digging around was that Mac’s and PC’s fill the same need. PC’s have been widespread for longer, so they are more universal and are larger in the business community. Mac’s offer a fresh look and have programs that are more for the casual computer user.
The difference: Branding and what you want from your computer.
What I decided?
Need I say anymore?