"Hello, I'm a MAC"

A debate that will most likely go on to the end of the universe and beyond. PC or MAC?

I have been a PC for over teen years of my life. I received my first PC when I was 8 and thought everything of it. I thought I could move mountains using the PC if I had the knowledge to utilize it. I soon found afterwards that the PC is a complex device that takes years of degrees to understand and to actually utilize it to its full potential.

In 2008, I worked on my first MAC. Within weeks after first working on one, I bought one because I loved it so much. My PC at the time needed to be upgraded with all the latest software, video cards, memory etc. So I just decided to replace it for a brand new iMAC.

Over the next two years of school, I worked more and more on a MAC and it soon dwelled on me. A MAC is so much better than a PC! But unlike some undergraduate sibling of a rich oil tycoon; I questioned  why.

In theory, a MAC has the same units and hardware in a PC, so why does a MAC utilize them so well? I decided to do some research around the web and find out both sides of the debate.

It seems that the debate is simple; MAC users believe that MAC is simplistic while PC is complex, and vice versa. From a technical aspect, they're both correct.

Within the debate, it comes down to media advertisement. MAC commercials talk about being sleek, cool, hip, fresh, and sexy. While PC commercials talk about getting the job done now and correctly.

A MAC can get a job done just as fast, and a PC can be cool and fresh.

Some PC users will argue that a MAC is just too much of a change and its far too confusing to understand. True. Being a PC user for most of my life now, I can understand and even co-exist with their logic; a MAC was difficult to use for the first time and it did confuse me. But the same could be said about the PC. Kids are learning about computers at a young age. Right now, kids, ages approximately 6-10, are going into a computer class, full of PCs, and learning the basics. At a young age, when the brain is most malleable for learning, using a PC up to a young adult, it would seem that the PC is easier. And a reason why young adults are so head strong against MACs would be because its simplistic to think that "If my school board wants me to learn basics of a computer, they would choose the easiest component software." But that just comes down to price.

A MAC is not hard to understand. It's actually exceptionally easy. I picked it up in an hour.

After receiving my MAC, I played around with everything for an hour, and what would have taken me years to learn on a PC; I learned in an hour. My family now considers me a guru for the MAC and come to me for advice when buying new APPLE products.

What the debate comes down to is just personal preference.

I'm not pushing the MAC on anyone. I'm simply just putting my two cents in on the debate. And I hope that maybe I can turn an eye of a PC user.

In conclusion; there's nothing wrong with a PC, they're just a BITCH to take care of.