The war between Mac and Windows 5 benefits to switch to Mac 1. Superior hardware The design of Apple products from iPhones and iPads through to its MacBooks and Mac Pro are excellent. Cupertino uses premium materials and this shows throughout its range. It’s not just about looks. Apple has helped push the tech world forward introducing Retina Displays, and discarding spinning disks in favour of faster PCIe-based flash storage. Windows OEMs are a generation behind when it comes to screens. Lenovo has tried to one-up Apple by using a 3200 x 1800 resolution in its Yoga Pro 2, but Windows 8 isn’t able to scale up and use all these pixels - so it can’t make full use of apps. 2. The interface Apple’s interface is simple - you pin the apps you want to use to the dock at the bottom of the screen and they are always available. Don’t let the simplicity of Mac OS X fool you. You can run multiple desktops, use iCloud keychain to manage credit card details, share files wirelessly via Airdrop and monitor the system through a comprehensive set of built-in utility tools. It’s also got rapid fire startup and resume times - although Windows 8 machines are comparable in this area. The best thing about using Mavericks OS X is the stability. Three months in and there has been no freezing or crashing - and as a result my productivity has improved. Although I expect system degredation over time, it is shaping up to be less than on any Windows machine Ive ever owned. 3. No bloatware/free updates Because Apple doesn’t license out OS X to other manufacturers, there’s no bloatware. Windows machines, on the other hand, are plagued with useless programs, which eat up system resources and are a pain to uninstall. I thought I’d miss Microsoft Office - but this hasn’t been the case. Google Docs is free for web-based word processing tasks and Apple’s own Pages, Numbers and Keynote are excellent free tools too. 4. No need for anti-virus There are threats out there for the Mac ecosystem, but hackers are preoccupied with tormenting the dominant Windows installed base because its still seen as an easier target. Apple has built-in malware protection via the GateKeeper tool. Apple’s machines are also shipped without Java and Flash pre-installed - two of the most vulnerable plugins on the market. This doesnt mean that Mac users should completely ignore security. Recently, a Trojan known variously as Mac Protector, Mac Defender and MacGuard has been showing up on Apple machines. A window claiming to be the Apple Security Center pops up and indicates that it has found viruses on the computer. It then prompts the user to download Mac Protector, a cleverly disguised piece of software intended to steal your credit card information The lack of anti-virus means you dont experience the slow-down or sudden reboots, and you dont have to pay for a subscription to a security vendor either. 5. Updating is not a nightmare Windows has always had a update problem. Clicking on the ‘update and restart button’ can lead to mammoth waiting times as you sit there watching tens and sometimes hundreds of updates installing. Windows 8 does not do anything to remedy this. There are no such problems with Mac as Apple rolls out fewer updates - tells you exactly what they are for and installs them quickly. We have now a wide range in new, rebuild and 2nd hand Macs, please visit us for information & possibilities. Our offices in La Cala de Mijas are open in August from Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 16.00 or contact us by phone: 951 337 944 616 160 474 or 640 336 119 or by email: info@computercity
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:43:56 +0000
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