I just stumbled upon this post while searching for an answer to this historical argument "MAC or PC". So I thought it would be better to share my experience and opinion which might help someone, who knows... So, for background, I'm hard core PC user and never even bought any apple product be it mobile or computers... (Except once old second hand laptop Powerbook that died very very fast without even doing any serious job) and been assembling my own PCs with little help from professionals since ages... and I would say since the times when there was no Plug & Play term was known... I use to manually install hardware using switch settings on motherboard and specified hardware... So I'm that hardcore PC user... But on the second note, In my 20 years of professional career, I've been using only MACs which have been a must in advertising agencies.... and recently I own an iMAC Pro which is almost 6000 dollars right now... because I work from graphics design to animation and everything around it... So with above two paragraphs I tried to establish the understanding that I know what I'm saying and I take total responsibility... and I'm not biased to one or another... its just my opinion that is built based on personal experience with both plateforms after years of usage... When it comes to specs, PCs are far better where you can find highest specs at very reasonable price... I must say 6000 Dollars for iMacPro can actually bring you 3 times higher specs on PC with may be not just one machine but two or three machines that combined can beat the hell out of stupid iMac Pro... but this is only based on specs... The strength of MAC is actually not in its specs but in its ecosystem... that includes complete synergy between Hardware and Software... and this is where PCs are beaten. As being OS is developed by one company and hardwares by another and as OS windows is not as smooth as Apple OS, so this is very first and important strength that MACs have, then its the hardware, and usually no matter if you have high specification on PC, if they are not compatible to each other you turn out to have a conflicting machine where GPU is making issues with memory or other issues which translates into bad performance, lags or blue screens and so on... but in MACs case because the hardware and software is built by Apple or specifically for them (by third party) so the possibility of smooth performance is obvious... and this is exactly where the magic lies... even thou I know there is huge number of stupid Apple fan boys who just use there products because it turns out to be a status symbol for them... other than that they have no idea about why they are using it... I've been trying to finish of some freelance jobs like always on my Home PC... which is good enough to play any latest game with high graphic settings, but when it comes to running Adobe apps... I end up having serious difficulty... in short the job that takes me 2 hours on my PC can easily take half hour on MAC... and in this even developers like Adobe or Maxon and so on are also keeping the MACs in mind... no matter if in benchmarking they give good results on PC but in practicality they run more smoother and reliably on MACs than PCs... So just for this reason I'm finally looking at some cheap bargain for iMAC previous generation... as it will be more than enough.... So in conclusion, my personal opinion is that no matter how versatile PCs are with all those amazing specs at quarter the price of MAC, yet I consider MACs purely / seriously working machines... and thats why no matter how much I hate Apple and there branding/pricing strategy and there absolute absence of innovation, I'll be buying Second hand iMAC 27 inch 5K so I can keep that only for WORK and rest of the joy will be full filled on PC, where all the fun begins... With love to both MACs and PCs
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