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Originally Posted by brandon11983
I would venture to say this is largely unfounded. Clock speed is not apples to apples when you are talking G4 vs x86 processors. There is just as much hardware available for Mac as there is for PC, you just might not know it. Same with software. And the OS X file management system is light years ahead of NTFS or (gasp!) FAT32.
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One of my clients provided some interesting insight from a PC user perspective. He told me that Mac software is harder to find but couldn't provide any examples. Then he mentioned that Mac software was more expensive, again no examples.
I gave him some examples of common software available on both platforms and the identical price. Then he said what he was really thinking about... He said he can't just "download software for free" for the Mac, as compared to Windows.
I learned two things from this:
1) His knowledge about Macs was out of date (rewind the clock about 5-10 years and he might have been correct); I venture to guess many people's knowledge about Macs is based on old information
2) Pirating commercial software was a reason for using Windows
In odd contrast, he felt that using a Mac is easier than Windows. For some, Mac vs. PC is an issue of value. For others it's strictly financial.