Why I prefer the PC over the Mac
Leighton Tebay, a good friend of mine who recently braved the weather of Australia and stayed for a couple of weeks at our place, has put his blog up for ridcule and spite and blogged about the big issue of our times. And so the debate continues….
It is all about value. I administer 3 different networks made up entirely of machines with Windows and I rarely have any problems. One of the things that contributes to perceived stability advantage of the Mac is that the hardware is generally good because it all comes from the same place. With PC’s you can get bargain basement slap together hardware with crappy drivers that cause a lot of stability issues. Stick with good hardware and you’ll be alright.
On the issue of cost there really is no comparison, especially if you are buying used equipment. It is very possible to find a perfectly good. 500mhz PC with Win2k for just over $100 if you looking the right places. This machine will do every basic computing task out there.
Read more here. The comments on the thread are worth a read to. It will be interesting to see what the release of longhorn will do to this debate.