Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Switch to a Mac

Adapted by: tanik • Edited by: Michael Dougherty
Updated Sep 7, 2011 • Related Guides: Mac Os X | Mac | Web Server

Why should you buy a Mac computer? There are many reasons to buy a Mac. Here are my top 10 reasons why you should choose a Mac if you're in the market for a new computer.

1. It Works and It’s Easy to Use

It is a known fact that an average Windows user spends over 50 hours per year troubleshooting his PC. An average Mac user spends not more than 10 hours. This is a huge difference. Macs let you do many things so easily that if you would do on a PC, it might be more complicated or more time-consuming. For instance, in Mac you can reinstall Mac OS X without erasing the existing content of your hard drive. During Mac OS installation there isn’t really much you need to do. There are many more things in Mac OS X that are easy as well as fun to do.

2. It Is Secure

The design of Mac operating system and vigilance of Mac users has contributed to almost complete ab

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sence of spyware and malware that usually hit Microsoft users. For example there are more than twenty thousand PC viruses but only 50-80 Mac ones. It is also true that there is no such Mac virus that can destroy the hardware.

Curious: Can a Mac get a virus? Find out how vulnerable Macs are and whether they can get a virus in Can Mac OS X Get A Virus?

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3. It Doesn't Crash

Mac OS X is based on the UNIX operating system, which is almost not prone to crash. Macs can crash but not as often as a PC. Every computer can crash, but the crash rate for Macs is very small. In three years of use I have experienced a Mac crash only once. In businesses, there are usually a couple of support technicians for 20-60 Windows Systems and by contrast one person provides support for 150-200 Macs.

4. It Offers The Best In Digital Music

iTunes comes installed with a Mac. iTunes lets you play and organize audio. It can burn your discs, it lets you search, listen to and view podcasts. It is globally accepted that iTunes is the best digital audio program. Even though it came in the market only a short time back, it is gaining popularity faster than any other program. It is estimated that over 2.5 million songs are downloaded per week by iTunes users.

5. It Is Best When It Comes To Photography

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Macs are considered champions in digital photography. The inclusion of iPhoto in every Mac lets you organize, edit, import and share

your digital photographs. Today, thousands of students and professionals use iPhoto for photo editing and organizing needs.

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6. It Is A Digital Entertainment Center

Macs are the hubs for digital entertainment. When people started using digital cameras, they realized that they can easily transfer their multimedia collection to a Mac. With the inclusion of iDVD, you can very easily author digital content in high quality and in large variety of formats. With the addition of iWeb, publishing digital media to the Internet has become simpler and easier than anyone thought. The iMovie in a Mac lets you import movies directly from digital cameras through USB or FireWire interface. You can then edit the clips, add music and titles. You can also add effects into your videos like fade-in, fade-out, transitions and more.

7. It Is Portable

There are different types of Mac laptops available in the market such as PowerBook, iBook, MacBook Pro. In recent yea

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rs the PowerBook G4 become the first laptop computer to feature a widescreen display. PowerBook laptop introduced many features that later became the standard in competing laptops. In 2003, the PowerBook G4 became the first laptop to include a 17-inch display. Furthermore, Apple was first to introduce trackpad on laptops.

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8. It Is Internet Ready

Mac comes installed with everything you require to access the Internet and run a Web Server on your computer. You can use Apache Server for example on your Mac. Apache is the most popular Web server and comes installed in every new Mac. It is a powerful Web Server and popular for its stability.

9. Windows Applications For Mac

There are thousands of Windows application compatible to Macs are available. A rough estimate says that over 18000 Mac compatible products are available in the market. For a complete list of Apple products, visit this website.

10. It Networks With PC And Other Devices

A Mac allows you to create network connections between your PC and Mac an

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d other wireless devices using FireWire, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or direct Ethernet. Networking is great for travelers, gamers and users who want to transfer large files or share their Internet connections with others.

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These were top 10 reasons to buy a Mac instead of a PC. So, if you'd been wondering "Why should i buy Mac", or "Why buy a mac instead of a PC", these 10 points will help you decide which computer to buy quite easily.

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Author's own experience using both a Mac and a Windows PC.

Victor Mar 6, 2011 7:50 PM

Weak Points

These points could be argued on any side you're on, whether you are a PC user or a Mac, so if you are looking into using this as a strong point against buying a PC, I would recommend you look elsewhere for stronger reasons for buying a Mac.

I would also like to add to Richard's point #4 in which you only have license to share your music within your own devices, which is why Apple is presently negotiating with companies to make it possible to share it across more devices (and friends) rather than a few of your own.

Point #9 does only state applications, but looking around in the market, you would see more games supporting Windows OS rather than Macs due to the large volume of Windows users, so this is another point to consider if you are a gamer.

Richard Mar 12, 2010 7:06 PM

Flame On!

OK, I know this will stir up a flame war, but I can't let some of these assertions pass without comment. For the record, I have both Macs and Wintel PCs, and I think they both have their pros and cons. That said:
1) This implies that you can't reinstall Windows without erasing your hard drive. Simply not true.
2) "...design of Mac operating system and vigilance of Mac users has contributed to almost complete absence of spyware..." Highly arguable, definitely not established fact. Very likely that the lack of market share has more to do with it than anything. The 'vigilance of Mac users' in this context is almost certainly fictitious (almost laughably so).
4) "It is globally accepted that iTunes is the best digital audio program." Wow. I'd really like to see something concrete to back this up.
7) "It is portable." So, what, a Netbook isn't? This is not a Mac specific selling point at all.
8) "It is Internet Ready". Hm. So are most Wintel PC's. Not a differentiator.
9) "Windows Applications For Mac" OK. There are more apps for Windows, the Mac compatible equivalents are definitely a subset. Absolutely NOT a Mac selling point in comparison to a Wintel PC, this is a minus on the Mac side.
10) "It networks with PC's...." Again, so do Wintel PC's. This is, again, not a Mac differentiator.

Flame on, y'all!

Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Switch to a Mac

1. It Works and It’s Easy to Use

2. It Is Secure

3. It Doesn't Crash

4. It Offers The Best In Digital Music

5. It Is Best When It Comes To Photography

6. It Is A Digital Entertainment Center

7. It Is Portable

8. It Is Internet Ready

9. Windows Applications For Mac

10. It Networks With PC And Other Devices

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