Mac vs. PC: Lets really get started!!

Ben Cowgill attempted to fire the first shot with his post, PC vs. Mac: Let’s get started. He mentions that we should start by stating the “core values” of our positions. And his core value is functionality. Ben, Ben, Ben, you don’t back it up with how a peecee is more functional than a Mac. So, let me really get this started.

Interesting point, functionality and a peecee, windoze box. I have to question such a statement coming from a peecee when getting lock ups and the blue screen of death is measured in weeks, days and even hours in some cases. You want to talk functionality, lets really talk functionality. I have had a Mac in my office now for over two years. I have yet had the pleasure of seeing a blue screen of death. In fact, I have yet had a lock up of the machine. Don’t get me wrong. There are program lock ups. But, it does not lock up the entire machine to the point you have to restart the computer. All a Mac user has to do is quit that program and restart the program. Thats it, nothing else. And, at least in my case, the only program that does lock up on my Mac is Microsoft Office: Mac. Now that is funny windoze users.

What about compatibility? Got you covered. On those occasions when I have to run a windoze program, I simple start up Parallels, XP and run the program on my Mac. What is even more amazing than that, XP runs faster on my MacBook than it does on my son’s gaming peecee. In addition, speaking of compatibility, I can open, edit, save and exchange any word document you want to throw at me. After all, I do have Word for Mac on my Mac. Compatibility, got you covered Ben.

We have to consider downtime next. When I was using a peecee network in my law office, I was attacked by a virus that knocked me out for 3 days. And, I had to spend hard earned money paying an IT person to come in a fix it. Lets see, downtime and an expense I don’t now have with a Mac driven law office. In fact, I don’t even worry about virus, worms or those nasty trojan horses thrown at you peecee users. I don’t worry about updating Norton’s Anti Virus or McAfee’s Anti Virus. No Zone Alarm here either. Downtime, what downtime?

So, Ben, you want to talk functionality. There is no comparison between a Mac and a peecee when you talk functionality. And my “core value” is this. A Mac “just works”, and works all the time.

Ben, tell me something you can do on your peecee you think I can’t do on my Mac.

UPDATE: Here is Ben’s response to this post. OK, I will bite. I will address the software question in my next post.