What are the main differences between Mac and Windows PC? NO OPINIONS...just real differences.?

Question

AGAIN I have to stress, this is NOT a what-do-you-prefer question...I really couldn't care less.

I just want to know what a Mac operates like, and if it's similar just different looking icons, schemes...than Windows PC?

Thanks to all who can understand that and not bore me with "Mac sucks" and all that crap.

Answer 1

There are not much different from the other, dude. Aside from what Ms. Dell said, Mac and PC operate almost identically to each other.



PC supports more powerful graphic cards for gaming purposes. Both system supports Intel processor. Yeah PC has more software, more games, more customers, etc.



I own a Macbook Pro, which I recently bought, and I also own a Sony notebook. Both are handy. Let me tell you what I like about my Macbook Pro:



The looks. I like the stylish design. Mac OSX Tiger is fancy looking. I like the Apple logo and such. Yeah, my Macbook Pro lacks some essential keys.



My Sony Notebook supports everything. It doesn't lack anything. But I hate windows operating systems. I can't stand the viruses and BS.



I am still limited with my Macbook Pro in some areas such as Multi-media reader card and be able to connect it to my TV at home. I still need to learn how to use the Macbook pro though. The only big difference between Mac and PC is what Ms. Dell told you. I agree with what she said there.



Other than that, PC and MAC are almost alike.



Sure Mac reduces more pain and headache, but if you want to do something that your Mac cannot do, I am sure you will have some headaches there bro

Answer 2

Mac uses a unix family core. That means that all programs and files have file permissions. That is a major reason why Macs are inherently more secure than Windows 95 through XP. The Unix kernel also does true multi-tasking, so when a program crashes (and they can on a Mac; it's just not as common as on a PC) just the program crashes, and it's rare for the whole computer to fail or have to be rebooted.



With Vista, Microsoft has adopted this sort of permissions-based security model. There are differing opinions as to whether they have implemented it as well as Apple has, but it is fact, not opinion, that the Mac has been using this model for years and has (at the moment) a more stable implementation. I don't know if MS has developed true multitasking or not.



Macs have drivers built in for most peripherals such as printers and memory devices, but some peripheral manufacturers use idiosyncratic i/o coding so the built-in drivers do not work (or don't provide all the functionality). These manufacturers typically provide PC drivers, but not Mac drivers. Webcams, game controllers and some syncing devices have this problem. Often someone has written a driver if you search around, but it's a pain.



There are more games written for the PC. There are more viruses written for the PC. There are more programs of all sorts written for the PC. But virtually any program you would want to use in a business environment (including graphic arts) is available for the Mac, or an equivalent is available for the Mac.



Macs hides the nuts and bolts from the average user. Many people find this allows them to focus on the work rather than on how the computer works. Some hackers think this is bogus. But the true geek can use the terminal window and and access the kernel. But you have to know where and how to start, so it's harder for the average user to hack around. Hiding the guts results in ease of use, and is a major reason (besides stability) why Mac users are such fans, but is also a major reason why others hate Macs.



Macs and PCs are comparably priced, though it may not appear so on first glance. The lowest-priced Mac is equivalent to a mid-level PC. To compare the two, you really have to compare benchmark results of different machines.



Hope this is a reasonably balanced answer to your question.

Answer 3

Up until the last generation of Intel Based Macs; the CPU architecture and bus architectures were completely different.

Up until OSX the user had no direct access to the command line or kernel coding. Most older software would not work on both platforms.

Answer 4

The hardware utilized in a computer and a Mac is precisely the comparable. So what's the adaptation? nicely, cost for one. a computer with the right comparable specifications as an equivalent Mac will fee a minimum of one million/3 much less. So, what do you get for the extra funds? regularly macs comprise very reliable displays. you will get reliable displays to apply with your laptop yet they fee extra beneficial than your undemanding demonstrate. What else do you get on your money? no longer something yet a brand of merely slightly fruit and the legal astonishing to apply Mac working structures.

Answer 5

The same thing. They both surf the Internet. They both have a LCD. The both supports Intel core 2 duo processor. The both support webcam. They both offers the same thing in a different direction.

Update:





The difference between Windows and Mac comes down to one fundamental difference. It has nothing to do with security, viruses, or stability.



It’s all about browser width and the scroll-bar.



Windows

I took a completely statistically useless poll of 2 Windows people and learned that for the majority of the time they keep their browser full screen. This is something done rather easily in Windows. You just click that button in the top right corner.



OS X

In my experience of OS X and Mac people in general, for the most part, we never make our browser full screen. There are, I think, two reasons.



it’s not that easy to go full screen

you don’t really need to

The Why

For all the considerations of web designers there are still a myriad of resolutions at work on the web. There’s the 800px crowd, the new 1024px crowd, and a ton of folks in between and larger.



This, undoubtedly, will at some point in your browsing day cause you to side-scroll or increase the width of your browser.



The Reasoning

Because it is a simple matter for a OS X user to increase the width of their browser on a case by case basis there is never a need to stretch to full screen. The button that most Windows people assume will expand a window to full screen instead, in OS X, expands or contracts to the documents dimensions. In the case of a browser it expands and contracts to the width of the web page.



In windows, there is no easy way to contract a window view. So, rather than jumping back and forth between window sizes a Windows person would just go full screen and stay there.



The Consequence

As such, the majority of a Windows person’s apps are now out of sight, focusing an individual on the app before them, the browser.



At the same time, an OS X person will have a number of apps peaking out from behind and next to their browser.



The Result

Windows people become task oriented people, doing one thing and then another.



Mac people become multi-task oriented, doing multiple things at once.



This is not a pro or con situation. Windows people end up doing less but doing it nonetheless during their day. Mac folk end up doing lots of things but not always getting any one task completely done.