Recent Microsoft ads say that the PCs are cheaper and you pay a premium to own a Mac. Yes, if you compare a PC with a Mac only in terms of specifications of the hardware, PCs come at a cheap price. But is it wise to compare the two only based on the hardware it comes with ? Are the PCs really cheap if you take everything else into consideration ?
Every PC user spends a lot of time updating the system or the software that he installed on it. With a new worm discovered a day for the PCs, you will be forced to use and update the antivirus software everyday. Every patch Tuesday brings more and more fixes from Microsoft and you have to restart your computer every time those patches are installed. What about the time spent in taking system backups for the fear of loosing your data due to a virus attack (think of Conficker) ?
What good is a system if you have to spent more time on keeping the system alive than really doing your work ? Ultimately, time is money. Every hour you waste on a PC to fix issues or just keep it updated accounts to money. If you think Macs are pricey, think of it as an advance investment to save your time and hence money.
I can go on and list the 10 reasons why Macs are better than PCs and also one or two reasons why PCs are better than Macs. But I want to limit the discussion here to the financial aspects. I just wanted to say that don’t look at that price difference between the PCs and Macs purely in terms of specs. Consider everything before making a decision.
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