by Blaize Shepherd

Created on: November 13, 2009

There are many nice high quality features that a MAC computer has to offer, however, in the real world, the PC is not only the most practical, but also the most feasible financially in the short term and long term.

Many students have gained familiarity as they were growing up, using a standard IBM PC or compatible PC. Being able to operate the computer in a user friendly familiar way saves time and money. Sure they are similar now, but when a student spends their whole life learning how to use, upgrade and work on a PC, then suddenly switches to a MAC computer, they enter a whole different world of learning all over again. It takes time and can cost money. Why start over, when the computer you have been learning your whole life to use is available, familiar and costs less money?

Speaking of money, upgrades for a PC are available in mass quantities, interchangeable with other PC's and upgradeable easily and inexpensively. If your MAC needs an upgrade, breaks or has other hardware issues, your skinny student wallet, will only become skinnier. Why put yourself through the trouble and heartache? The availability of qualified computer upgrade and service techs to assist you with performing and upgrade, repair or other technical issue are affordable and available with a PC. With a MAC, you will always spend more money paying for technical or repair assistance than with a standard PC. The cost to purchase a PC fully loaded with current upgrades, preloaded software, plenty of RAM and Hard-disk space and additional add- on's and features are one third the cost of a comparable Macintosh computer. Most students struggle to pay for college, why make it a bigger financial burden over a computer that will be obsolete in two years and need maintenance, upgrades, new add-ons etc.

Most software distributed is geared and works more smoothly with a PC, why? Because thousands upon thousands of individuals have been using them regularly and have beta tested software for software manufactures, unknowingly for years until their product is perfected and entirely compatible with every other program, hardware and extra feature that has been being added into a standard PC for years. Not so with a MAC. The MAC user base is significantly smaller in comparison to a PC. I personally don't want to be one of the beta testers for the new MAC until they get it worked out, look how many different versions of Windows we have had to suffer through just to get to this point. Once again, PC's are

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