I have gotten a couple of viruses, but I know how to deal with them. Mac’s don’t have as many viruses because there aren’t near the same amount of individuals using them. There isn’t anything special about their antivirus capabilities, if the roles were reversed and Mac had the market share that a PC has now people would use the same tag line that PC’s don’t have as many viruses. That is well known.
In 1985? Mac had better hardware and software for graphics design.
In 2010? Mac and PC are the same type of hardware, but the one in the Mac case costs more. Mac OS is a Unix derivative (like Linux), so there’s less software available for it. There is higher-end hardware available for Windows computers, so if you need better hardware, a PC is the way to go.
Bottom line? When you buy a Mac you buy a name.
I don’t build the computers at my office, the IT guy does, so I don’t know what his billable rate is. Even if I were to do it I could build one in 2 hours of shopping which would cost my firm $200, so add that to the cost of the PC that I could build and that still is less than 50% of a Mac, and it will blow it away muscle wise.
Current trends won’t impact how my office works for a long time and i think you may be over blowing the impact of tablets, of which there are so many to choose from that have nothing to do with Apple. Sure they are neat and probably fun to use, but i can’t see ever working on a tablet pc at work, that is just ridiculous… the screen is too small, not as accurate as a keyboard and mouse, and it is too fragile. desktops aren’t going anywhere, and neither are laptops for that matter. not only can you fit the current and most powerful components in them, but they are simply more ergonomic.
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