10 Essential Differences Between Apple Mac and Microsoft PC

Differences Between Mac and Windows 

Real Madrid and Barcelona, McDonald's and Burger King, or Apple and Microsoft.

Each discipline has its antagonistic par excellence, and the world of computing and technology was not going to be less.

Both companies compete to lead various markets, such as tablets, but the computer has always been their main battle ring.

The two have spent years mobilizing users and customers, some true iron defenders, who have helped cast more iron in their (almost legendary) rivalry.

Passions aside, the truth is that the Apple Macs and Microsoft PCs have different characteristics that sometimes make them fairly equidistant products.

Years ago they separated many things and although today they have equaled enough, they still present 10 essential differences:

Aesthetics

Although less and less. Apple teams have always been characterized by a careful aesthetic that have become a hallmark of the brand (and have boosted thanks to a powerful marketing machinery) but lately Microsoft is following the step with some of its models. The all-in-one Surface Studio PC, the Surface Pro 4 convertible tablet or the Surface Book i7 notebook are clear examples of how Windows computers are not always unsightly.

The price

The second of the differences between PC and Mac does not surprise anyone.

In fact, it is to extrapolate to all products of both brands. Windows advocates believe that bite apple customers pay an "Apple fee" for the same features and the same technology.

The "gamers" prefer PC

The most experienced gamers prefer to play on Windows because PCs are customizable.

From the graphics card to the processor, to the amount of memory, everything can be adjusted or updated to get the most out of video games.

Macs are almost impossible to update or modify, and certainly not for an affordable price.

Although there is increasing supply for the Apple platform, it can not compete with the selection of games for Windows PC (a legacy dating back to the 90s).

Customer service

The customer service of Apple and Microsoft is good in both cases, although the bite apple offers an incentive to consider: if you go to some of their stores because of a problem on your computer, and can be solved that day, does not charge for the service .

Microsoft, by failing to manufacture all the components of its equipment, is likely to need to send it to the factory, with the expense of time and money involved.

 

Macs are safer

In theory. Until recently this argument was valid because the proportion of PCs was much greater than that of Mac, so that a hacker compensated more to attack the former to achieve greater evil.

But as Apple computers have spread, new viruses have become known specialized in their environment.

Although Apple proponents argue that since the Mac operating system is built on Unix, it is safer by default.

Different operating systems

Talking about Windows 10 and Apple MacOS is talking about day and night.

It is no exaggeration to say that, when a traditional user accustomed to one of the two operating systems, passes to the other, feels that he has no idea of computers.

PCs offer more options

There are as many different PC makers as fish at sea, giving endless choices to customers.

Although Microsoft has started to develop its own hardware, companies like HP, Fazer or Lenovo manufacture most of their computers with integrated Windows.

There are also many other devices (tablets, smartphones, virtual reality glasses ...) compatible with this operating system.

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Apple for its part moves its exclusivity halo also to its way of operating and offering its services, and manufactures both hardware (x) and software (macOS), so that you can not use one without the other.

Also macOS only works on computers.

Microsoft bets on touch screens

Apple has often been the precursor of innovations that later have imitated the rest of manufacturers (starting with the smartphone, category that created with the iPhone), but there is a provision in which Microsoft wants to be disruptive in the segment of computers.

It is about incorporating touch screen, something for which is strongly bet on all its Surface range. Apple for its part does not seem interested in this strategy.

Different keyboard shortcuts

If changing OS can be a disaster for many, let's not get used to keyboard shortcuts with Mac or Windows.

From the screenshots to the action of moving from one window to another, there are many parameters that you will have to learn in one and the other if you want to work quickly and easily.

Mac and iPhone: the best computer

When you develop your software and your operating system yourself things like this happen: synchronization and bidirectionality between your devices is perfect.

Those with a Mac and an iPhone will know what we are talking about.

Apple manufactures both devices, allowing you to interleave actions and move from one to another with total fluidity.

Microsoft at best allows you to use the Cortana voice assistant, if you have it activated on your PC and installed on Android, to send text messages.