Ahhhh the premium Apple throws on their products. Many Youtubers and tech enthusiast have proven that iMacs and MacBooks will not deliver what they are promised to do. The cooling will be insufficient and will cause throttling with your product. You cannot open up your Mac and exchange parts, or fix it if something is broken. These are advertised as pro-grade products, even though the IT department will not be able to fix the company’s Macs. Many have shown that you can build a computer, spec for spec, and it will perform better than the iMac. They have also shown that you can build a better system for less than an iMac. I personally don’t see why someone would take a mac over a PC. I figured the best way for us to see both sides of the argument would be to find a website that supports the iMac and see what they say about it. One person said “Macs are actually cheaper in the long run” which I believe to be false. They claim that while PCs are cheaper up front, its true value should also take into account the resale value. That looking at people selling their three-year-old Mac or PC, you will see that the person selling the Mac will make more money back. The reason a Mac will have a high resale price when compared to other PCs, is because Macs can’t be upgraded. The thing with PCs is that you don’t have to sell your whole computer when you are looking to upgrade. You just go out and buy a new part and swap it out with the old part. You can then sell that part for a decent price when compared to what that part is worth new. With iMacs, you have to buy a whole new iMac when you want to upgrade. Apple doesn’t allow you to upgrade your computer without voiding warranties, and even then it is still limited with what you can upgrade. Another thing this article mentions, is how Macs aren’t as big in the IT world because Macs have an easier interface where you don’t need to be tech-savvy to understand. I very much disagree with this as I remember when I was a young boy and I was able to use the family PC with ease. I was also able to use the Mac at school with ease. I feel that if a kid can use a software, then it can be used by everyone. I don’t remember having any problems with Windows when I was younger and so I don’t feel that you have to be a genius to use a PC. The last reason I thought worthy to mention, is that you can run Windows on a Mac so why not just get the best of both worlds. My response to this is that you can also install Mac OS on a PC as well. Many people have done this and these hybrid PCs have been called Hackintosh’s. So why not build a more capable PC that will be cheaper than a Mac, and then put the Mac OS on it?
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