PC and Mac : Who Reigns the Computing Kingdom ?
PC and Mac : Who Reigns the Computing Kingdom ?
OSCAR ANDRÉS LEÓN SMITH Undergraduate Student
Quality Leadership University
Technology has revamped our ways of living , working and innovating . If it weren ’ t for the amounts of advancements that have been made in the past few years , it would be inevitable to acknowledge the fact that society would still be stuck in a pre-modern era . The major tool that has been part of this “ movement ” is the famous personal computer , tool that to this date holds an astounding amount of consumers . Co-founder and current technology advisor of Microsoft , Bill Gates said the following , “ We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be .” This quote shows how we ’ re being driven into an avenue called future . Throughout the years , there has been a battle between the two titans that lead the colossal industry of the computing world . The rivals of this “ battle of the years are known as Microsoft , born in the year 1975 , and Apple , born one year later in 1976 . These two companies have taken the computing world by storm and are now the main faces of it ; either you use Microsoft products or you use Apple products ."
Opinions from consumers and experts vary on which is better . Some say PC ’ s outperform Macs ; others say that Macs shine when being
Figure 1 compared to PC ’ s . It ’ s a constant battle that never stops ; just like iOS and Android , LCD and LED TV ’ s , or Ford and Chevy . Each side generates different types of arguments which state which one is better than the other . The current conflict with the PC versus Mac argument is that people tend to favor both sides passively instead of choosing a winner . To this date , PC ’ s are the preferred competitor of them both . This is demonstrated when the sales charts between both companies are compared . In the charts made by International Data Corporation shown on an Apple Insider article called “ Worldwide PC market staggers in Q4 as Apple ’ s Mac reaches new heights ”, one can clearly see that Microsoft PC ’ s own 92.9 % of the computer market in the 4th quarter of 2014 , whereas Apple just owns a miserable 7.1 % of the computer market ( see figure 1 ). This is just a small taste of the misconception that people have created by saying that Macs are the way to go . The computer world is governed by PC ’ s , which outshine Apple in every single aspect possible , even unthinkable aspects such as : hardware , software , stability and price points .
People today have the common misunderstanding that because Apple is a more “ premium ” or exclusive brand , it ’ s better than most of the PC ’ s in the market . According to an article called “ PC vs Mac ” by Kim Komando , PC ’ s offer a larger range of customization hardware wise than Macs . The bigger the range of customization to the hardware , the better and faster the computer is . In both , laptops and desktops , PC ’ s offer several variations of customizability , compared to Macs , which only offer limited options when it comes to customization . For example , the high-end Mac Pro reaches a limit of 64GB RAM , or Random Access Memory , which essentially makes the computer faster the more you have . In contrast , a custom built PC has reached the barrier of 128GB RAM making it the ultimate machine . PC ’ s today have better hardware
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