Windows versus Mac

[theawesome1730]

I prefer Macs to PCs but neither platform is perfect and both have huge shortcomings.

Pros of Macs

• Smaller learning curve
• More thought was put into creating the hardware
• Speed of the OS even on lesser hardware
• Trackpads on MacBooks
• Support and Customer service
• Battery life (although PCs have made massive leaps in the past couple years)
• Flexibility, you can run Windows on a Mac but not the other way around without significant work
• The screen resolution of the MacBook, MacBook Pro and iMac 5k
• Lifespan: I've got a MacBook Pro from 2010 that still runs like new and have had to replace 2 PCs in the same time span (maybe I'm unlucky with PCs)

Cons of Macs

• More expensive (although this is somewhat debatable with the quality Apple builds its machines with)
• Lacking severely in industrial applications, no CAD so to speak
• Lacking in games, but a growing number of new titles are available
• No hardware upgrades, unfortunately more and more PC makers are heading that way
• The developing environment for iOS is Xcode, a Mac exclusive IDE.