PC vs. Mac

[StephenT]

Thanks Lisa! Man, I think I'm getting seasick with all my leaning one way and then the other!

[Lynn Terry]

Michelle MacPhearson recently switched from PC to Mac too. I'm not sure if she has any blog posts or reviews up on the switchover but you might do a search to see.

[StephenT]

Thanks Lynn, I will check it out! Not the comment I was hoping for from you however, since I know you just bought a new HP. Care to comment on your choice?

[Lynn Terry]

Oh - I have all kinds of PC's in the house. I have 6 in my office right now including 2 desktops (both Dell), 2 laptops (one Dell and one HP) and 2 minis (one Acer and one HP). Well 7 if you include my mobile device which also has Windows and 3G access.

I think Macs are great for all the reasons stated - they run well, aren't susceptible to the usual viruses, etc. - but the primary reason to buy a Mac is for video & image editing capabilities. If you do any heavy video/photo editing work, Mac is definitely the way to go.

I don't, and so I'm not that interested in making the switch and learning a new system. But I do have my eye on getting a Macbook Pro sometime in the future. Just for fun.

[StephenT]

Thanks Lynn. I hope to do more video in the future so that is definitely one of my reasons for thinking of change. I wonder what Zack thinks since you said he did some work on Macs and is a designer. I know there are quite a few designers who like Macs for the same reasons you stated.

[Lynn Terry]

I do amateur web video stuff, which works fine on XP (not so great on Vista). My son is not a designer, but a coder (programmer). So he works mostly in text based applications or with databases. Both of us do very little with graphics or video outside of the basic stuff that a PC can easily handle.

[TraciKnoppe]

I voted PC, because that's what I have.

However, my recent post Mac vs PC: Which is Better? offers my further thoughts on this.

[StephenT]

Thanks Traci. I loved the article.

Everyone says the cost is the big difference, but I went online and looked at a good PC and then started customizing it so it equaled what the Mac has stock and it cost almost the same as the Mac, about $200 less. When you're talking that kind of money, $200 is nothing.

[ScottTousignant]

It's true what they say... Once you go Mac you never go back

I bought a Macbook Pro a year ago when the new model came out. It's absolutely light as a feather so it's great for travel and it's really thin.

It was a hefty investment compared to my PC's but it's been well worth every penny for me. I was bringing my PC into the computer doc every other month even though it had great anti virus software and it was only two years old.

I still use my PC desktop for Lynn's webinars and some occasional work, but I spend 90% of my time on my Macbook Pro.

I was surprised at how easy it was to make the transition.

[StephenT]

Thanks Scott! I have four crashes in three years on my PC. My kids, who have Macs, have had none in the same time frame!