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lol at the Mac vs PC argument even here. I just had one with a contractor from the US.
In any case, I find that most of the proponents of Mac, save the very few who will actually use a Linux terminal, are arguing in stricly dumbed down layman terms. And ultimately that is the biggest advantage of a Mac. Their whole suite of iLife (God I hate that term) seems to be catered to the computer iLiterrate, and I mean that in the most flattering perspective. A Mac is good at doing what it needs to do: open the box and for all most basic tasks, you're pretty much good to go. People keep mentioning the slick interface. Well, you now have Vista, but prior to Vista, there were applications that could be loaded onto XP that would completely alter the GUIs to give you all them purdy pictures that the Mac users seem to love. Granted, I like the Vista interface. The argument that Macs don't get problems with viruses as much is perfectly legitimate; there are so few Mac users that its almost pointless to write a virus to exploit the Mac architecture. That's not to say that the Mac has any fewer gaps. Quite the contrary, it has just as many, but why bother bringing down the whole 10 Mac users, when you can target millions of PC users...
As for the argument of templates and more creativity comming from a Mac, I find that laughable. There are, literally, thousands of applications, suites, programs, templates, and all manner of 'creative' enhancers that are simply not available on a Mac. Now, should you have something go wrong with your Mac, you'll find lackluster support. If you're on a PC, there are a plethora of absolutely FREE applications, forums, and other resources available to anyone.
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